Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey

Volume: 1 Number: 1 January 1, 2008
  • Salih Gücel
  • Özcan Seçmen
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Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

Reproductive biology of Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae , was investigated from 2001 to 2004 to determine the reasons for the restricted distribution of this endemic species, to that end, the environmental conditions and the reproductive biology were studied. In Flora of Turkey records, the entry for M. nifensis includes just one locality on the Nif mountain. As a result of field investigations, we found another locality, approximately 1 km to the southwest of the first one. Using GIS and sampling methods, these two localities together form an area of 1.2 km2 and the number of individuals in all two localities was recorded as 3308. This species had been declared as endangered according to IUCN 1994 categories. Our studies led us to reccomend it as Critically Endangered CR B2ab ii + iii according to the IUCN 2001 categories. Moreover, for the first time, it was found in this study that this species also contains a hermafrodit flower and a female flower. The observations gathered in this study justify the fact that, the hermaphrodite individuals are self or insect pollinated and the female individuals are insect pollinated only. Pollination experiments also showed that all flowers are potentially able to develop fruits throughout the flowering period, suggesting that no abberation occurs in sporogenesis, fertilization or post-zygote processes. However, calculated seed/ovule ratio was low 24% in hermaphrodite flowers and 17% in female flowers and low reproductive success in the field should be attributed to insufficient pollen transfer between anthers and stigmas

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APA
Gücel, S., & Seçmen, Ö. (2008). Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation, 1(1), 66-74. https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD
AMA
1.Gücel S, Seçmen Ö. Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey. BioDiCon. 2008;1(1):66-74. https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD
Chicago
Gücel, Salih, and Özcan Seçmen. 2008. “Reproductive Biology of Subalpin Endemic Minuartia Nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 1 (1): 66-74. https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD.
EndNote
Gücel S, Seçmen Ö (January 1, 2008) Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation 1 1 66–74.
IEEE
[1]S. Gücel and Ö. Seçmen, “Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey”, BioDiCon, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 66–74, Jan. 2008, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD
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Gücel, Salih - Seçmen, Özcan. “Reproductive Biology of Subalpin Endemic Minuartia Nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 1/1 (January 1, 2008): 66-74. https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD.
JAMA
1.Gücel S, Seçmen Ö. Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey. BioDiCon. 2008;1:66–74.
MLA
Gücel, Salih, and Özcan Seçmen. “Reproductive Biology of Subalpin Endemic Minuartia Nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 66-74, https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD.
Vancouver
1.Salih Gücel, Özcan Seçmen. Reproductive biology of subalpin endemic Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill Caryophyllaceae from West Anatolia, Turkey. BioDiCon [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 1;1(1):66-74. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA25YS88BD

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