{"title":"Comparative anatomical studies on petioles of Nepeta L. species (Lamiaceae) in NE Iran","authors":"S. M. M. Shahri, A. Jafari, H. Mahmoodzadeh","doi":"10.12988/ASB.2016.6728","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present research has examined petiole anatomical characteristics of 10 Nepeta species (Lamiaceae family) growing in the Razavi, Northern and southern Khorassan provinces (NE) Iran. For this, cross sections of their petioles were prepared and stained by differential staining. In petiole internal structure, some differences such as the outline shape of petioles cross section, the shape of epidermis cells and vessels were noticed. Finally, based on above characteristics an identification key of studied Nepeta species was prepared.","PeriodicalId":7194,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Studies in Biology","volume":"50 1","pages":"119-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Studies in Biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12988/ASB.2016.6728","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present research has examined petiole anatomical characteristics of 10 Nepeta species (Lamiaceae family) growing in the Razavi, Northern and southern Khorassan provinces (NE) Iran. For this, cross sections of their petioles were prepared and stained by differential staining. In petiole internal structure, some differences such as the outline shape of petioles cross section, the shape of epidermis cells and vessels were noticed. Finally, based on above characteristics an identification key of studied Nepeta species was prepared.