Study on Galanthus species in the Bulgarian flora

Abstract

embryological and anatomical analyzes were conducted to meet the objective. The morphological characteristics and DNA dendrogram revealed that G. gracilis and G. elwesii were situated in the same cluster and had significant morphological similarity, whereas plants from populations identified as G. nivalis were dissimilar in morphology and situated in a separate cluster. The revealed features of the generative sphere showed similarities across the species. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses of the surface revealed that the anticillinal walls of G. elwesii and G. gracilis were straight, while those of G. nivalis were wavy. This research demonstrated that the plants of G. elwesii and those from populations identified as G. gracilis are morphologically, embryologically and genetically similar, thus refuting the hypothesis. This study did not provide sufficient evidence to support the claim of the existence of G. gracilis in the Bulgarian flora; the populations identified as G. gracilis in Bulgaria may be forms of G. elwesii.

New Cultivars of Galanthus nivalis in Slovenia

“…Later, varieties of G. nivalis were described by different authors as separate species. However, as was subsequently realized, this differences were primarily an expression of morphological variability it turned out later, within the species [1,10]. Examples of historic synonyms include G. montana Schur, G. nivalis var.…”

Cyto-Embryological Analysis of Wild Kentucky Bluegrass Germplasm in Gansu Province, China

“…Moreover, cyto-embryological characteristics, the peculiarities of structures and processes in the generative sphere, and the type of reproductive system are specific to each species and are more stable traits than others, such as morphological ones. Therefore, they help botanists better understand a species [11]. Reproduction studies, particularly embryology, represent basic information of any plant [12].…”

Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)

“…Galanthus in Greek means "gala" for milk and "anthos" for flower, literally milk-white flowers (Lee, 1999). Native to Europe, their distribution also spread to Asia Minor (southwest Asia) and the Near East, including the eastern parts of Turkey, the Caucasus Mountain and Iran (Figure 1) (Semerdjieva et al, 2019).…”

“…Snowdrop are economically important thanks to their ornamental potential and their use as landscape plants (Semerdjieva et al, 2019). Despite their ornamental properties, snowdrops have been used in folk medicine to treat pain, migraine and headache.…”

“…Despite their ornamental properties, snowdrops have been used in folk medicine to treat pain, migraine and headache. It contains a variety of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, phenolics, terpenoids and some important alkaloids that have shown to possess a broad spectrum of biological activities (Semerdjieva et al, 2019). Over the past three decades, many alkaloids isolated from the Galanthus spp.…”