Ali Dönmez

Hacettepe University · Department of Biology

This literature review focuses on the biology and ecology of Juniperus drupacea. Within the context of the series ‘Our Forest Trees’ by the Institute of Dendrology PAS at Kórnik, the following key topics are discussed: taxonomy with paleo-records, morphology, anatomy, geographical distribution, ecology (including habitat, communities, response to b...

Polygala fadimeana Dönmez and Çeçen is here described as a new species from the inner part of the Taurus mountain range in Turkey based on morphological data and its phylogenetic position is discussed based on molecular data. This new species is confined to limestone rock walls and is morphologically distinguished from P. kurdica and P. peshmenii b...

A special‐purpose Committee on DNA Sequences as Types was established at the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Shenzhen, China, in 2017, with a mandate to report to the XX IBC in Madrid in 2024 with recommendations on a preferred course of action with respect to potential amendments of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, f...

Türkiye, sahip olduğu biyolojik çeşitlilik ve farklı habitat özellikleri yanında milyonlarca yıl öncesine dayanan jeolojik geçmişi sayesinde yeryüzündeki olağanüstü doğa alanlarından biridir. Ülkemizdeki eşsiz yaşam ve doğa tarihi yüzyıllardan beri araştırılmakta, bu topraklarda yaşamış onlarca uygarlığın yarattığı kültürlerin birikimi yazılı ve sö...

Six known sucrose mono-, di- and triesters and five xanthone derivatives were isolated from the roots of Polygala peshmenii Eren, Parolly, Raus & Kürschner which is a narrow species endemic to Türkiye. Among the xanthones, 1,7-dihydroxy-2,3-methylenedioxy-5,6-dimethoxy-xanthone is an undescribed compound isolated for the first time from a natural s...

Aubrieta birolmutlui is described as a new species from the eastern part of Turkey based on morphological and molecular data. The new species is confined to limestone rock and is most similar to A. macrostyla, but it differs by having only rosette-like basal leaves, larger and entire leaves with sparse indumentum, bigger fruit and short style. The...

Background and Aims Southwestern Asia is a significant centre of biodiversity and a cradle of diversification for many plant groups, especially xerophytic elements. In contrast, little is known about the evolution and diversification of hygrophytic flora. To fill this gap, we focus on Cardamine (Brassicaceae) species that grow in wetlands over a wi...

The genera Nigella and Garidella are two members of the Nigelleae tribe. Among all the taxa of the tribe, black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) is one of the most important plants concerning economic and medicinal uses. In this study, volatiles were analyzed in detail to elucidate the phytochemical profiles and to understand the taxonomic patterns of sec...

Aubrieta canescens complex is divided into two subspecies, Au. canescens subsp. canescens, Au. canescens subsp. cilicica and a distinct species, Au. macrostyla, based on molecular phylogeny. We generated a draft assembly of Au. canescens subsp. canescens and Au. macrostyla using paired-end shotgun sequencing. This is the first attempt at genome cha...

Aubrieta canescens complex is divided into two subspecies, Au. canescens subsp. canescens, Au. canescens subsp. cilicica and a distinct species, Au. macrostyla, based on molecular phylogeny. We generated a draft assembly of Au. canescens subsp. canescens and Au. macrostyla using paired-end shotgun sequencing. This is the first attempt at genome cha...

Nine xanthone derivatives (1–9) were isolated from the roots of Polygala azizsancarii, which is a narrow endemic species for the flora of Türkiye. Based on all of the evidence, the structures of 1–9 were established as two previously undescribed xanthone O‐glucosides, 3‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranosyloxy‐1,6‐dihydroxy‐2,5,7‐trimethoxyxanthone (1), 3‐O‐β‐D‐glu...

Sorbus has an extensive speciation in Turkey and among its species, an unusually distinctive population was discovered in the Irano-Turanian phytogeographical region. Specimens of the population are closely related to S. aucuparia with several important distinctive characteristics: the outline of the leaves, shape of terminal leaflets, numbers of f...

Polygala species are frequently used worldwide in the treatment of various diseases, such as inflammatory and autoimmune disorders as well as metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, due to the large number of secondary metabolites they contain. The present study was performed on Polygala inexpectata, which is a narrow endemic species for the flor...

These proposals would make attendance at a Nomenclature Section open to a wider audience and therefore more democratic.

The Special-purpose Committee on Virtual Participation in the Nomenclature Section was established by the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Shenzhen, China in 2017, with the mandate "to investigate the possibility of and mechanisms for virtual participation and voting in the Nomenclature Section of an International Botanical Congress vi...

Abstract: The tribe Nigelleae Schröd. (Ranunculaceae) worldwide distribution has been studied taxonomically, based on morphological, palynological and seed morphological characters, as well as chromosome counts. Extensive field works have been carried out in Turkey, Greece, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Portugal and in Northern Cyprus. Moreover, the specim...

Anemone and Gladiolus are economically important geophyte genera due to their usage as ornamental plants. However, species identification are still under debate. Recently, DNA barcoding has become an efficient alternative tool for species identification. Here, candidate DNA barcode regions, rbcL, rpoB, and trnH-psbA were analyzed as potential DNA b...

Aim The aim of this study is to model the past, current, and future distribution of J. phoenicea s.s., J. turbinata, and J. canariensis, based on bioclimatic variables using a maximum entropy model (Maxent) in the Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions. Location Mediterranean and Macaronesian. Taxon Cupressaceae, Juniperus. Methods Data on the o...

GeneAll GenExTM Plant kiti, GeneMATRIX Plant & Fungi DNA Purification kiti, DNeasy Plant kiti ve E.Z.N.A. Plant DNA kiti yaprak ve gövde dokusu DNA barkodlama çalışmaları için kaliteli ve yüksek genomik DNA elde etmek amacıyla test edilmiştir. Geleneksel olarak yaprak dokusu genomik DNA kaynağı olarak kullanılmaktadır fakat Dianthus taksonları yapr...

Brassica taxa occur naturally and are also cultivated in Turkey. Due to their economic importance, several cultivars have been extensively cultivated in certain regions of the country. Alongside extensive cultivation for vegetable production of the other species of the genus, Brassica juncea has very limited cultivation. Five native species of Bras...

Eight iridoid glucosides were reported from the aerial parts of Wendlandia ligustroides. 10-deoxygeniposidic acid (1), 7-deoxygardoside (2), geniposidic acid (3), 7-deoxy-8-epi-loganic acid (4), deacetyl-daphylloside (5), scandoside methyl ester (6), 6-O-methyl-deacetyl-daphylloside (7), 6-O-methyl-scandoside methyl ester (8). Compounds 3 – 8 were...

Cuscuta (dodder) are achlorophyllous plants which parasite their host stems via haustoria and obtain their nutrients from them. Cuscuta seed and aerial part have extensive use in traditional medicine of Asian countries, especially in China. This genus generally called with various vernacular names and used for liver disease, wounds, sciatica pain,...

Plant taxonomy is a science dealing with collecting materials from nature, identifying them, discovering and naming the new ones, and classifying all of them for understanding their taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships. To discover and explain the earth biodiversity is the main goal of the taxonomic studies. Taxonomy use the data from morpholog...

Cytological and chromosomal data are important and often provide significant information for inferring taxonomic relationships and evolutionary processes. Very often cytogenetic data follow geographic patterns, and thereby contribute to the phylogeography of the taxa. In this study, nuclear DNA contents and chromosome numbers of some Aubrieta Adans...

The genus Nigella L. s.l. (Ranunculaceae) is one of the most important plants in respect of economic and medicinal usage. Fatty acid compounds have been researched in detail for the taxa of Nigella s.l., naturally growing in Turkey. Among them, 19 Nigella taxa were researched in respect of 18 fatty acid compounds. These were acquired by the way of...

According to phylogenetic analyses based on morphological and molecular characters the genus Valeriana L. has been positioned as a genus derived from Caprifoliaceae. It has been used for 2000 years for medical purposes in producing phytomedicines to reduce anxiety and insomnia, and to improve sleep quality. Many species of the genus Valeriana are u...

Generally, the aim of DNA barcoding is species-specific identification using short and standardized DNA sequences. During last decades, several DNA barcode markers have been tested and proposed to address applications e.g. in conservation biology and ecology. It is also often claimed to resolve taxonomic difficulties when morphology based taxonomy...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is among common neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, the most prescribed drug class is cholinesterase inhibitors towards AD based on inhibition of acetyl-(AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Inhibition of tyrosinase (TYR) has recently become an attractive target for Parkinson's disease (PD) as it catalyzes the reactio...

Species of the genus Pyrus distributed in Eu-rope include P. communis L., P. pyraster, P. nivalis Jacq., and P. cordata Desv. subsp. cordata. Pyrus pyraster is occasionally regarded as a variety or subspecies of P. communis. However, a molecular study has recently demonstrated that P. communis is more closely related to P. caucasica and P. nivalis,...

The pollen morphology of many collections of taxa of the tribe Nigelleae from the family Ranunculaceae which occur worldwide is presented in this study. A total of 88 specimens from 21 taxa, some of which were recently proposed, belonging to the genera Komaroffia, Garidella, and Nigella of Nigelleae were examined using light microscopy (LM) and sca...

Juniperus drupacea is a unique relict species found in the mountains of southern Greece, southern Turkey, and western Syria and Lebanon. The aim of this study was to describe the natural range of this juniper by determining the current locations of its populations and to predict a theoretical range for the species based on current, past, and future...

Citation: Dönmez AA, Özderin S (2019) Additional contributions to taxonomy, nomenclature and biogeography of the Turkish Crataegus (Rosaceae) taxa. PhytoKeys 122: 1-13. https://doi. Abstract Crataegus azarolus L. has a wide distribution pattern from the western Mediterranean coasts to the eastern parts of Iran with several varieties adapted to loca...

In this study, the seed morphology of the taxa Nigella, Garidella, and Komaroffia were examined to provide systematic knowledge about the tribe Nigelleae. The seeds of 21 taxa in 20 species from Mediterranean and West Asian countries were studied using both zoom stereo and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) a...

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Astragalus ihsancalisii Dönmez & Uğurlu (Fabaceae) is described as a new species from Erzurum province in E Turkey. The new species belongs to A. sect. Incani DC. and is similar and possibly related to A. glaucophyllus Bunge and A. guzelsuensis F. Ghahrem. & al. from Turkey and A. siahcheshmehensis Maassoumi & Podlech from Iran. Astragalus ihsancal...

Amaç: Biyoloji sahip olduğu alt dalları ile yaşamın her alanında uygulamaları olan bir bilim alanıdır. Sanayi devrimi sonrası insanın doğaya tahrip edici etkisi artmaya başlamış ve son elli yılda büyük yokoluşun yolu açılmıştır. Biyoetik sağlık bilimleri alanında kullanılan bir kavram olmasına rağmen geniş anlamda, yaşayan tüm canlılar ile insan il...

Amaç: Endemik ve dar yayılışlı bir tür olan Polygala azizsancarii’nin doğal yayılış alanında populasyon yapısı ve olası tehditlerin araştırılması. Türün biyolojisinin ayrıntılı olarak incelenip koruma altına alınması ve model koruma çalışması olarak bilim dünyasına duyurulması. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Mardin ve çevresinde arazi çalışmaları ile türün e...

Amaç: DNA barkodlama, canlıları tanımada kullanılan ancak farklı canlı gruplarında farklı sonuçlar veren bir tanı yöntemidir. Bitkilerde ise tüm taksonlarda sonuç veren uygun DNA bölgesinin henüz bulunamamasıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, bitki barkodlama çalışmalarında yaygın olarak kullanılan rbcL, rpoB ve trnH-psbA dizilimlerinin Türkiye’de doğal ola...

Polygala azizsancarii Dönmez (Polygalaceae) is herein described and illustrated as a new species from Mardin province in SE Turkey. This new species is similar to P. kurdica and P. supina, but it clearly differs by several morphological characters. Diagnostic characters of this new species are discussed with respect to taxonomy and illustrations. C...

The paper presents new records for 29 vascular plant species from 12 Eurasian countries. Seven taxa (Agave sisalana, Austrocylindropuntia subulata, Lagurus ovatus subsp. nanus, Opuntia stricta, Orobanche serbica, Oxalis articulata, Vitis × instabilis) are reported from Albania, one (Allium carinatum) from the Europaean part of Russia, six (Dipsacus...

Specimens of Sorbus buschiana Zinserl. were collected from Çankırı and Rize and given here as a new record for the Turkish Flora. Detailed description, distribution map and phenological observations are also provided here. The new record is assigned to VU category according to IUCN. Based on all of the common knowledge mostly accepted and well know...

Premise of the study: The Irano-Turanian region harbors three biodiversity hotspots and ∼25% of Brassicaceae species are endemic to the region. Aethionema (∼61 species) is the sister lineage to the core Brassicaceae and occurs mainly in the Irano-Turanian region. The evolutionary important position of Aethionema makes it an ideal reference for bro...

Turkey is one of the most important plant biodiversity centre comprising more than 700 geophytes within approximately 10,000 vascular plant species. Many species of tulip, lily, snowdrop, hyacinth, orchid, cyclamen, crocus, and of the other bulbous plants naturally grow in Turkey. It is well known that DNA-based methods can be applied quickly and e...

The geographical distribution of pears is concentrated in western Eurasia, especially Caucasia, and eastern Asia. In the study eight Caucasian Pyrus taxa, namely P. caucasica, P. georgica, P. salicifolia, P. oxyprion, P. demetrii, P. cordata, P. elaeagrifolia, and P. taochia were evaluated to show present biogeography and threatened category accord...

Aubrieta alshehbazii is described as a new species that was collected from rocky steppe of Central Turkey. The new species is sympatric and most similar to A. pinardii, but differs by leaf shape, leaf margin, petiole, indumentum and inflorescence. A detailed morphological description, figures and comparisons with potentially closely allied species...

The Caucasian species, Pyrus demetrii Kuth. has been reported from Turkey for the first time. The species was collected by the authors from both Georgia and Turkey. Leaf epidermis characters were studied by scanning electron microscopy to evaluate cuticle ornamentation, waxes and other relevant features of micromorphology.

The paper presents new records for 28 vascular plant species from 14 Eurasian countries. Five taxa (Catabrosa capusii, Poa albertii, Poa intricata, Poa pseudoaltaica, Poa sergievskajae) are reported from Kazakhstan, three (Ranunculus pseudomonophyllus, Ranunculus smirnovii, Ranunculus turczaninovii) from Mongolia, three (Panicum barbipulvinatum, St...

Understanding how plants cope with changing habitats is a timely and important topic in plant research. Phenotypic plasticity describes the capability of a genotype to produce different phenotypes when exposed to different environmental conditions. In contrast, the constant production of a set of distinct phenotypes by one genotype mediates bet-hed...

This paper clarifies the typification of three Caucasian species of Pyrus. Lectotypes are designated here for Pyrus georgica, P. demetrii and P. fedorovii described by Schuschana Kuthatheladze from Georgia. A brief explanation of the reasoning behind the choice of specimen is given for each typification.

The ethanol (EtOH) extracts of thirty-four taxa from the Amelanchier, Cotoneaster, Pyrus, and Sorbus genera (Rosaceae) have been screened for their inhibitory potential against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) at 200 μg/mL as well as their antioxidant activity using metal-chelating capacity, ferric-reducing antioxidant p...

The Melbourne Congress of 2011 authorized a Special Committeeon Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils), whichwas established the following year (Wilson in Taxon 61: 878–879.2012). Its explicit mandate was “to consider what would be involved inregistering algal and plant names (including fossils), using a procedureanalogous to tha...

The Special Committee on Registration of Algal and Plant Names (including fossils) was established at the XVIII International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Melbourne in 2011, its mandate being to consider what would be involved in registering algal and plant names (including fossils), using a procedure analogous to that for fungal names agreed upon i...

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Seed and fruit morphology of four genera: Cistanche, Diphelypaea, Orobanche and Phelipanche, native to Turkey were studied using light and scanning electron microscopy. In this study 100 accessions belong to 39 species were investigated. Fruit of the genera in Orobancheae were loculicidal capsule, generally dehiscing with 2 slits. Seeds in this tri...

The methanol extract of the aerial parts of Salvia trichoclada Bentham (Lamiaceae) was studied for bioactive non-volatile secondary metabolites, and nine compounds were isolated. Structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated as lupeol (1), lupenone (2), glochidone (3), monogynol A (4), oleanolic acid (5), ursolic acid (6), β-sitosterol (7),...

Dönmez A. A., Uğurlu Aydin Z. & Işık S.: Polygala turcica (Polygalaceae), a new species from E Turkey, and a new identification key to Turkish Polygala. — Willdenowia 45: 429–434. 2015. — Version of record first published online on 16 November 2015 ahead of inclusion in December 2015 issue; ISSN 1868-6397; © 2015 BGBM Berlin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org...

This paper presents a taxonomic contribution to the genus Pyrus L. P. georgica and P. pseudosyriaca are reported from Turkey for the first time. The status of P. pseudosyriaca is discussed and it is treated as a new variety of Pyrus syriaca. Notes on the chorology, morphological descriptions, figures, and taxonomy are provided. Moreover, P. seriken...

Nigella L. (Ranunculaceae) is distributed worldwide and is primarily centered in the Mediterranean region. Fourteen species are reported from Turkey, 10 of which are native. Specimens of the new species, N. koyuncui Dönmez & U ğurlu, were collected from Sinop, Turkey. It is distinguished from N. arvensis L. s.l. by several characters, including the...

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne Code) isimli eser, Türkçe’ye Uluslararası Bitki, Mantar ve Alg Adlandırma Yasası (Melborn Yasası) olarak çevirilmiştir.