Chromosome counts of eight Iranian endemic species of Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae)

Maryam  Hasaninejad; Ziba  Jamzad; Saeed Afsharzadeh; Hojatollah  Saeidi

Caryologia (May 2021)

Chromosome counts of eight Iranian endemic species of Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae)

Maryam Hasaninejad,
Ziba Jamzad,
Saeed Afsharzadeh,
Hojatollah Saeidi

Affiliations

Maryam Hasaninejad: Department of Plant and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, University of Isfahan
Ziba Jamzad: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO)
Saeed Afsharzadeh: University of Isfahan
Hojatollah Saeidi: Department of Plant and Animal Biology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, University of Isfahan

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The genus Nepeta L. is one of the most important genera of Lamiaceae family with 300 species in Asia and Europe. There are 80 species in Iran, out of which 39 species have been reported as endemics to Iran. In this study, the chromosome counts of eight Nepeta species were investigated and the karyotypic diversity among these species was studied. The examined species belong to N. cephalotes species group, namely N. eremokosmos Rech.f., N. gloeocephala Rech. f., N. cephalotes Boiss., N. pungens (Bunge) Benth., N. ispahanica Boiss., N. mahanensis Jamzad & Simonds, N. hormozganica Jamzad, and N. denudata Benth. collected from different habitats in Iran. These studies were performed on the root meristems using squash technique. Results showed the same chromosome number, 2n = 2x=18 for all species studied. The base chromosome number for the above mentioned species are x = 9.

Chromosome number, karyotype, Lamiaceae, Nepeta, endemics, Iran

Published in Caryologia

ISSN: 0008-7114 (Print); 2165-5391 (Online)
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Cytology
Website: https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/caryologia/index

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