New chromosome counts of genus Stachys (Lamiaceae) from Turkey

Authors: ESRA MARTİN, ÖZLEM ÇETİN, EKREM AKÇİÇEK, TUNCAY DİRMENCİ

Abstract: Somatic chromosome numbers of 26 Stachys L. taxa (14 species, 11 subspecies, and 1 varietas), collected from different localities in Turkey, were counted for the first time, except for Stachys byzantina C.Koch and S. thirkei C.Koch. In this study, all of the Stachys taxa determined were somatic with chromosome numbers counted as 2n = 30. This research has made a contribution to the taxonomic revision of the genus Stachys in Turkey.

Keywords: Chromosome number, Eriostomum, Labiatae, Stachys, Turkey

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