@article{article_404397, title={Anatomical properties of four Pilosella Vaill. (Asteraceae) taxa from Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey}, journal={Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={20}, pages={1–9}, year={2019}, DOI={10.17474/artvinofd.404397}, author={Umdu Topsakal, Ünsal and Beyazoğlu, Osman and Çoşkunçelebi, Kamil}, keywords={Anatomy,Leaf,Pilosella,Root,Stem}, abstract={<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Anatomical features of four </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">Pilosella </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> Vaill. taxa ( </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. officinarum </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> Vaill. </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">, P. piloselloides </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">(Vill.) </span> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">Sojak subsp. </span> </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;">bauhini </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;"> (Schult.) S. Bräut. & Greuter </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">, </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P.× hypeurya </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> (Peter) Sojak </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">, P. densiflora </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> (Tausch) Sojak) collected from Black Sea Region of Turkey were investigated. Anatomical studies include transverse sections of root, stem and leaf with their illustrations. Although the anatomical properties are similar to the typical anatomy of dicotyledons, some differences were observed among them. </span> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;"> While </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">root anatomy of </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. officinarum </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">, </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. piloselloides </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> subsp. </span> </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;">bauhini </span> </i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> and </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. densiflora </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> consist of a single layer exodermis, </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">there is </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">2-3 layer exodermis </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">in the </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">natural hybrid </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. × hypeurya. </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">Additionaly the root pith of this hybrid </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">taxa completely composed of schlerenchyma cells in contrast to other investigated taxa. The stem anatomy of the investigated taxa is similar to each other except the number of the tracheidal elements. The numbers of the stomata per µm </span> <b> <sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">2 </span> </sup> </b> <span style="font-size:14px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">disticltly differ in </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">P. piloselloides </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">subsp. </span> </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;">bauhini </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;"> from the rest examined taxa. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"> </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Artvin Çoruh University}