TY  - JOUR
TI  - Anatomic Studies on Verbascum pestalozzae Boiss. and Verbascum pycnostachyum Boiss. & Heldr.
AB  - Objectives: The genus Verbascum L. (Scrophulariaceae) known as “sığır kuyruğu” in Anatolia is represented by 248 species, 193 of which areendemic. The flowers contain essential oil, mucilage, and glycosides. Some species of Verbascum have some folkloric uses as expectorants,sedatives, and treatment for dysmenorrhea and rheumatalgia. Its use for healing wounds in animal care has also been reported. In this study, theanatomic structures of root, stem, and leaves of Verbascum pestalozzae Boiss. and Verbascum pycnostachyum Boiss. & Heldr. are given for the firsttime. According to the results, some of the differences between stem and leaf anatomic features of these species were described and the datawere supported by detailed photographs.Materials and Methods: Specimens were collected from C3 Antalya: Voucher specimens of V. pestalozzae and V. pycnostachyum were depositedin the Herbarium of the Biology Department, Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey and Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu Universityin Eskişehir, Turkey. The materials were identified as V. pestalozzae and V. pycnostachyum using flora of Turkey and the East Aegean islands. Foranatomic studies, samples were collected from the natural habitats and kept in 70% alcohol. In the research, root, stem and leaves of matureand flowered plants were used. Investigations were performed on the cross-sections of the root, the flowering stem, and the leaf. The anatomicstructures of the species were drawn using a Leitz SM-LUX binocular microscope. All sections were embedded in glycerin gelatin and stainedusing Sartur reactive, and photographs were taken through a light microscope (Olympus BX51T).Results: The cross sections taken from root, stem, and leaves of V. pestalozzae and V. pycnostachyum were examined and the anatomic featuresbelonging to these plants were determined and compared.Conclusion: The anatomic properties belonging to the two species were generally compatible with findings of Metcalfe and Chalk and otherssignified in the genus. We believe that our results provide additional evidence for taxonomists to help separate the species. The lack of a taxonomic,morphologic, and anatomic study on the species made it important for the systematic introduction of the research.
AU  - GÖKÇE, Melike Belkıs
AU  - Kucuk, Sevim
AU  - Göktürk, Ramazan Süleyman
DO  - 10.4274/tjps.16779
PY  - 2018
JO  - Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SN  - 1304-530X
SP  - 347
EP  - 353
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/324935
ER  -