Karyotype Analysis of Lallemantia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Species Grown in Turkey: A Detailed Karyotype Asymmetry Study

Abstract

The study aimed to karyologically analyse three species [(Lallemantia peltata (L.) Fisch. & Mey., Lallemantia iberica (Bieb.) Fisch. & Mey. and Lallemantia canescens (L.) Fisch. & Mey.)] from Lallemantia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (Lamiaceae) grown in Turkey. Also, it was calculated various karyotype asymmetry and S/AI, CVCL and MC values in this study. Seed samples were given natural habitats and Feulgen staining method was used. The study showed that the chromosome numbers of Lallemantia species are 2n=14 and that they have median (m) and submedian (sm) centromeric chromosomes. The study also demonstrated karyotype analysis and asymmetry values and suggested that three species of Lallemantia genus were 2A based on Stebbins classifications. Furthermore, the study showed Pearson correlation using karyotype asymmetry values and a scatter diagram was formed using A1 and A2. The results obtained from the study were compared with the results of karyotype analysis performed by different literatures and it was concluded that there may be differences according to locality.