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., Lallemantiaiberica (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, CVCLand MC values in this study. Seed samples were given natural habitats and Feulgen staining method was used. Thestudy showed that the chromosome numbers of Lallemantia species are 2n=14 and that they have median (m) andsubmedian (sm) centromeric chromosomes. The study also demonstrated karyotype analysis and asymmetryvalues 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 wasformed using A1 and A2. The results obtained from the study were compared with the results of karyotype analysisperformed by different literatures and it was concluded that there may be differences according to locality.