Full Length Research Paper

Morphological and anatomical characteristics of Salvia tchihatcheffii endemic to Turkey

Kâmuran Aktaş¹*, Cânan Özdemir¹, Mustafa Özkan² Yurdanur Akyol³ and Pelin Baran¹

¹Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology, Manisa/Turkey.

²Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology, Kırsehir/Turkey.

³Ege University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Izmir/Turkey.

*Corresponding author. E -mail: kamuran.aktas@bayar.edu.tr or kamuran.aktas@gmail.com. Tel.: +90 532 3764987. Fax: +90 236 2412158.

Accepted 7 September, 2009

   Abstract

In this study, the morphological and anatomical properties of Salvia tchihatcheffii (Fisch. & Mey.) Boiss. (Lamiaceae) which is endemic to Turkey was investigated. S. tchihatcheffii has a perennial taproot. In contrast to the other Salvia species that was investigated before the plant has two different stem as fertile and sterile stem with round in shape. Sterile stem is prostrate, leafy, fertile stem is procumbent-ascending, unbranched. The stamen type of the plant is A. We observed that in cross-section sterile stem three different cortex layer, with one of them is formed as crescent shape. In addition, the glandular hairs of the investigated species are classified. Other anatomical features are discussed too. The results are presented with photographs, drawings and tables.

Key words: Anatomy, Lamiaceae, morphology, Salvia tchihatcheffii.