Farklı habitatlarda yayılış gösteren Tamarix tetrandra (Tamaricaceae) türünün karşılaştırmalı yaprak ve gövde anatomisi

Abstract

Plants have the ability to adapt to different environments with some anatomical and morphological changes. In this study, the leaf and stem structure of Tamarix tetrandra Pallas ex. Bieb. species, which are distributed in riparian and salt marshes, were examined in terms of anatomical and micromorphological aspects. Plant samples were preserved in 70% alcohol for anatomical study. Herbarium specimens were used for micromorphological studies. The studies showed that there were differences in anatomy and micromorphology. It was found that the stomata were embedded in the epidermis in the samples distributed in the salt marsh. In addition, stem epidermal cell length, sclerenchyma cell diameter, sieve tube cell diameter, and pith cell diameter were found to be greater in riparian species. In the correlation analysis, a positive correlation was observed between leaf lower surface stomata width and upper epidermis cell width, and between stem sclerenchymatic cell diameter and upper epidermis cell width in species distributed in salt marshes. The studies did not find intensive salt accumulation in the stem and leaf structures of the species that spread in the salt marsh. Salt uptake is thought to be inhibited in these species.