Micromorphology and anatomy of three &lt;i&gt;Symphytum&lt;/i&gt; (Boraginaceae) taxa from Turkey

Akçin, Öznur Ergen; Baki, Hilal

doi:10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1496

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“…The analyzed plants developed bifacial leaves. This type of leaf blade was found in Boraginaceae species from the genera Heliotropium (Alwahibi and Bukhary, 2013), Pulmonaria (Gostin, 2009), Symphytum (Akçin and Baki, 2007), and Trachystemon (Akçin et al, 2004). Present investigations and literature data demonstrated that the palisade cells in Borago officinalis, B. pygmaea, and several other Boraginaceae species formed one or two layers (Selvi and Bigazzi, 2001;Gostin, 2009).…”

Section: Anatomical Structurementioning

confidence: 82%

“…In Borago morissiana, anisocytic stomata were identified (Bigazzi and Ricceri, 1992). In turn, other Boraginaceae taxa exhibited both anomocytic and anisocytic stomata (Akçin, 2007;Zarinkamar, 2007;Akçin and Binzet, 2010), e.g., representatives of the genera Cynoglossum (Akçin, 2012), Moltkia (Doğu et al, 2012), and Symphytum (Akçin and Baki, 2007). Symphytum asperum had anomo-, aniso-, and diacytic stomata (Zarinkamar, 2007).…”

Section: Micromorphology Of the Epidermismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Histochemistry of glandular trichomes and the structure of selected organs of Borago officinalis L.

2018

Turk J Bot

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Introduction The family Boraginaceae comprises 156 genera and about 2500 species. The genus Borago is represented by 16 genera native to the Old World occurring in Europe, Africa, and Asia, and it is native to the Mediterranean region. In the natural environment, B. officinalis grows in the Atlantic European countries. It is cultivated in Europe, North Africa, and North America (Río-Celestino et al., 2008; Gupta and Singh, 2010). In Poland, it is a cultivated plant or a segetal weed (Warcholińska, 2008). The shoots of the species are 60 cm high. The lower leaves are large and oval-shaped while the upper leaves are smaller and clasp the stem. Flowers are arranged in a helicoid cyme inflorescence. The fruit is a schizocarp (Gupta and Singh, 2010). B. officinalis is a medicinal, cosmetic, melliferous, ornamental, and edible plant (Asadi-Samani et al., 2014). Bioactive compounds are derived from B. officinalis leaves, herb, flowers, and seeds (Río-Celestino et al., 2008). The borage herb mainly contains flavonoids, tannins, saponins, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, organic acids, essential oil, anthocyanin pigments, mucilage, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese, and cobalt (Gupta and Singh, 2010; Asadi-Samani et al., 2014). In some countries, young aboveground parts of B. officinalis are used as a vegetable and seasoning for cheese, soups, salads, vegetable dishes, and cocktails. B. officinalis flowers are used to garnish snacks, confectionery, desserts, and beverages (Río-Celestino et al., 2008). Seeds are used to extract oil with a high concentration of essential unsaturated fatty acids, mainly γ-linolenic, linoleic, and oleic acid (Río-Celestino et al., 2008; Farhadi et al., 2012). The bioactive compounds contained in borage plants

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Section: Anatomical Structurementioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Micromorphology Of the Epidermismentioning

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Histochemistry of glandular trichomes and the structure of selected organs of Borago officinalis L.

2018

Turk J Bot

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“…Foliar anatomy of Heliotropium was also the subject of study by Abbasi et al (2011), Ahmed and Kordofani (2012), and Alwahibi and Bukhary (2013). Similarly, foliar anatomy was studied by Akc¸in and Baki (2007) in three Symphytum species, by Akc¸in et al (2012) in four Cynoglossum species, and by Gu¨ven et al (2013) in six Onosma species. Stomatal profile in the foliar epidermis was studied by Dasti et al (2003) in 31 species belonging to 15 genera, while foliar trichomes were extensively surveyed by Al-Nowaihi et al (1987), Selvi and Bigazzi (2001), Diane et al (2003), Taia (2006), Ventrella and Marinho (2008), Perveen (2009), and Mehrabian et al (2014).…”

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confidence: 95%

Computer-generated keys to the flora of Egypt. 6. The Boraginaceae

El-Gazzar

El-Ghamery

Elsaied

et al. 2015

Annals of Agricultural Sciences

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Manually-constructed keys to many groups of the Egyptian flora are in urgent need of improvement and updating. To construct a conventional substitute of the key to representatives of the Boraginaceae, a data matrix was compiled to accommodate 54 characters recorded comparatively for the 49 species belonging to 14 genera which represent this family in the flora of Egypt. The 54 characters were accurately and lucidly defined to cover as much of the easily observable aspects of vegetative and floral variation in the plants as possible. The data matrix was analyzed using the key-generating package of programs DELTA. The analysis produced a conventional key with a detailed description of every species in terms of the 54 characters. The key is decidedly a marked improvement over its predecessors in that it is strictly comparative and leads directly to the full scientific name of any taxon, instead of having to use a key to the genera followed by a second key to the infra-generic taxa.ª 2015 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf

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Differentiation of Symphytum Species Using RAPD and Seed Fatty Acid Patterns

Özcan

2010

Natural Product Communications

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RAPD and fatty acid profiles, and α-tocoferol contents of the seeds of some Symphytum species were analyzed for their differentiation. Discriminative patterns were found in the examined species. Genotypic characteristics of three Symphytum species were experienced using 20 decamer RAPD primers. The majority of band positions varied between species. The total amplified products of 20 RAPD primers was 247 (average of 12.35 bands per primer), of which 189 bands were polymorphic, corresponding to nearly 76.1% genetic diversity. The number of bands for each RAPD primer varied from 8 (UBC320) to 18 (OPA7). The percent of polymorphic bands ranged from 45.4% (OPJ20) to 93.3% (OPA16). Major unsaturated fatty acids in the seeds were linoleic, γ-linolenic and oleic acids; α-linolenic and eicosenoic acids exhibited lower levels. Variations in quantities and total ratios of fatty acid groups, and α-tocopherol contents were also observed between the species, and the developmental stages of the seeds. Significant differences were found for the whole series of fatty acids between species, in addition to the calculated ratios (p < 0.05). Differences were also significant for fatty acid traits between two developmental stages of the seeds of endemic S. pseudobulbosum (p < 0.05). In some morphological descriptors of the seeds, difference was found at a significant level (p < 0.05). Obtained data based on genetic and biochemical variations seem to be useful for molecular delimitation of Symphytum, in addition to selection of the genotypes expressing a high amount of GLA.

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Micromorphology and anatomy of three <i>Symphytum</i> (Boraginaceae) taxa from Turkey

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Histochemistry of glandular trichomes and the structure of selected organs of Borago officinalis L.

Histochemistry of glandular trichomes and the structure of selected organs of Borago officinalis L.

Computer-generated keys to the flora of Egypt. 6. The Boraginaceae

Differentiation of Symphytum Species Using RAPD and Seed Fatty Acid Patterns

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