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Karyosystematic study of selected plant taxa from Cyprus
Abstract
The chromosome number, karyotype morphology and geographical distribution of five selected taxa from the indigenous flora of Cyprus are presented, along with taxonomic comments where appropriate. For Ophrys sphegodes subsp. aesculapiiformis karyological data is reported for the first time. Three of the taxa (Arisarum vulgare, Anacamptis pyramidalis & Gladiolus italicus) are karyologically examined for the first time from Cyprus. Karyotype microphotographs for all taxa are provided and their karyotype morphology is discussed.
... vulgare, Arum dioscoridis Sm., Gladiolus italicus Miller, Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) L.C.M. Richard, and Ophrys sphegodes Miller subsp. aesculapiiformis Morschek & Morschek] from the Cypriot flora (Christou et al. 2008a(Christou et al. , 2008b. This effort is complemented by the present study, in which 11 endemic, threatened and interesting plant taxa of Cyprus are biosystematically examined in the framework of the first author's MSc dissertation. ...
The chromosome number, karyotype morphology and geographical distribution of 11 taxa from the indigenous flora of ×Cyprus are presented, along with comments concerning their IUCN status, whenever appropriate. For the endemic taxa Taraxacum aphrogenes and Crypsis factorovskyi karyological data are reported for the first time, whereas the remaining taxa are karyologically examined for the first time from ×Cypriot material. Karyotype microphotographs for all taxa are provided and their karyotype morphology is discussed.
Mediterranean chromosome number reports – 25
edited by G. Kamari, C. Blanché & S. Siljak-Yakovlev
Abstract
Kamari, G., Blanché, C. & Siljak-Yakovlev, S. (eds): Mediterranean chromosome number
reports – 25. — Fl. Medit. 25: 143-167. 2015. — ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online.
This is the twenty-fifth of a series of reports of chromosomes numbers from Mediterranean area, peri-Alpine communities and the Atlantic Islands, in English or French language. It comprises contributions on 23 taxa: Sisymbrium, Eremobium, Erysimum and Schouwia from Libya and
Egypt, by F. Altınordu, K. Abdel Khalik & E. Martin (Nos 1845-1849)
The chromosome numbers of 16 of the 19 endemic taxa of Northern Cyprus were investigated, 15 of which are new records. Diploid chromosome numbers of the taxa investigated varied between 2n = 12 and 2n = 30. One species, Scutellaria sibthorpii (Benth.) Hal., was both diploid (2n = 14) and tetraploid (2n = 28), and Sideritis cypria Post, 2n = 30, was either diploid or triploid.
