Şirin, Emrah2020-03-262020-03-262019Şirin, E. (2019). Fruit and Seed Morphology of Some Alyssum (Brassicaceae) Taxa From Anatolia. Biological Diversity and Conservation, 12(3), 89-94.1308-53011308-8084https://dx.doi.org/10.5505/biodicon.2019.46036http://www.trdizin.gov.tr/publication/paper/detail/TXpFNE5EUXpNdz09https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/37302The fruit and seed morphologies of five taxa (Al. desertorum Sapf., Al. linifolium Stephan ex. Willd. var.teheranicum Bornm., Al. minus (L.) Rothm. var. minus, Al. strigosum Banks & Sol. subsp. cedrorum (Schott & Kotschy)and Al. strigosum Banks & Sol. subsp. strigosum) belonging to Alyssum L. were investigated with scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) in order to determine the significance of fruit and seed features as taxonomic characters. This studypresents macro- and micromorphological characters, including seed shape, winged, measures, epidermal cell pattern andfruit shape, colour, measures, trichome morphology. Three epidermal cell patterns were observed; micro-reticulate,normal-reticulate, rugose-foveate and the same number trichome morphologies were distinguished; glabrous,monomorphic (stellate), dimorphic (bifurcate and stellate). The results showed that the morphological characteristics offruit and seed could be used as criteria to distinguish taxa.Alyssum L. cinsine ait olan beş taksonun (Al. desertorum Sapf., Al. linifolium Stephan ex. Willd. var.teheranicum Bornm., Al. minus (L.) Rothm. var. minus, Al. strigosum Banks & Sol. subsp. cedrorum (Schott & Kotschy)ve Al. strigosum Banks & Sol. subsp. strigosum) meyve ve tohum morfolojileri, taramalı electron mikroskobu (SEM) ileincelenerek taksonomik karakter olarak önemleri belirlendi. Makro- ve mikromorfolojik karakterleri, tohum şekli, kanatı,ölçüsü, epidermal hücre modeli ve meyve şekli, rengi, büyüklüğü, tüy morfolojisi incelendi. Üç epidermal hücre modeli;mikro-retikulat, normal-retikulat, rugoz-foveat gözlendi ve aynı sayıda tüy morfolojisi; tek morfolojili (stellat), çiftmorfolojili (bifurkat ve stellat) tespit edildi. Sonuçlar meyve ve tohumların morfolojik karakterlerinin taksonlarınayrımında kullanılabileceğini göstermiştir.en10.5505/biodicon.2019.46036info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlyssumBrassicaceaeFruitAlyssumBrassicaceaemeyveArticle1238994