Morphological and leaf anatomical structure of Pimpinella cypria Boiss.

Authors : Sevdenur MUTİ, F. Neriman ÖZHATAY

Pages : 169-181

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Pimpinella cypria Boiss insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Apiaceae); is an endemic species of Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. It is locally known as ‘Cyprus-rocky anise’. Three species of the genus Pimpinella that are P. cretica Poir., P. peregrina L., and an endemic P. cypria grow in Cyprus. Specimens of P. cypria were collected from their nature habitats; St. Hilarion castle, and specimens were dried according to the standard procedures, as herbarium specimens and kept in the Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Pharmacy Herbarium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EMUH);. Anatomical structure of leaves were examined. Leaves were bifacial, multicellular and long hairs were observed especially on the midrib. Leaves are amphistomatic where stomata are less on upper epidermis than those of lower epidermis. Stomata guard cells have a characteristic shaped resembling kidney.
Keywords : Apiaceae, anatomy, leaf, Pimpinella