Morpho-anatomical investigations of three critically endangered endemic species

Abstract

Morphological and anatomical characteristics of Crocus ancyrensis Herb. (Maw) (endemic), C. antalyensis Mathew (endemic), C. chyrsanthus (Herb.) Herb. and C. sativus L. which are distributed in Central Anatolia, Turkey have been studied. The morphological characteristics of species have been compared with the Flora of Turkey. In anatomical studies, transverse sections of root, stem and leaf have been examined and supported by illustration. In addition, the determination of the anatomical characteristics of the species are given in this study for the first time. The leaf anatomy of Crocus ancyrensis has been illustrated elsewhere.

Chemical composition of essential oils from Crocus ancyrensis (Herbert) Maw Spreading In Çorum (Türkiye) Region

“…Sayarer et al (2015) analyzed Crocus ancyrensis and found that safranal, α-isophorone and β-isophorone are the main components (Sayarer, 2015). In another study, Küçük et al (2019) revealed that chemical composition of Crocus ancyrensis from Eskişehir region, Türkiye is compatible with the findings in Sayarer's study and contained β-Isophorone (14.4%), heptanal (11.5%) and heneicosane (8.5%) (Küçük et al, 2019). For this reason, they have reported that Crocus ancyrensis could be an alternative source to Crocus sativus L., which contains safranal (77.9%), α-isophorone (13.5%), and β-isophorone (2.2%).…”

“…Besides, it's found that alcohol and water extracts of Crocus ancyrensis showed an inhibitory effect on Aeromonas hydrophila bacterial fish pathogens (Turker et al, 2009). On the other hand, Küçük et al (2019) reported that local people used Crocus ancyrensis tea as a traditional medicine for abdominal pain and diuretic (Küçük et al, 2019). However, there are limited number of studies on the Crocus ancyrensis extracts in the literature (Gunbatan et al, 2016;Küçük et al, 2019).…”

“…On the other hand, Küçük et al (2019) reported that local people used Crocus ancyrensis tea as a traditional medicine for abdominal pain and diuretic (Küçük et al, 2019). However, there are limited number of studies on the Crocus ancyrensis extracts in the literature (Gunbatan et al, 2016;Küçük et al, 2019).…”

Crocus Alatavicusөсімдік Шикізатының Морфологиялық Және Анатомиялық Ерекшеліктерін Зерттеу

“…Morphological and anatomical characteristics of four species: C. sativus, C. ancyrensis., C. antalyensis, C. chyrsanthus were studied by Kyuchuk S. and Soarer M. The key morphological differences between the species are the color of the perianth segments and the shape of the cross section of the leaf blade [13]. Akyul Y. and his colleagues [14] presents the morphological and anatomical signs of C. asumaniae and C. mathewii, where the characteristic feature is the presence of sclerenchymal tissues around the leaf vascular bundles.…”