Kuddisi Ertuğrul

Selcuk University · Department of Biology

Floristic relationships between the Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean regions have been known from old. However, only a few biogeographical analyses based on molecular data have evaluated the history of steppe plants within the Mediterranean basin. Our study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the migratory and diversification processes...

The liquorice tribe Glycyrrhizeae is a leguminous herbaceous group of plants comprised of the genera Glycyrrhiza and Glycyrrhizopsis. Some Glycyrrhiza taxa contain glycyrrhizin, a pharmacologically significant sweet substance that also has applications in crafting industrial materials. Here, we utilized an expanded taxon sampling of Glycyrrhizeae t...

In this study, Turkish Cousinia species were examined in point of chromosome number and morphology. According to our known, this work is the first comprehensively chromosomal study regards to Turkish Cousinia as a whole, especially for endemics. As consistent with previous reports, the chromosome numbers are mostly 2n=26 and have been determined al...

A new Centaurea species, C. mengenensis Uysal & Şirin, is described and illustrated from Mengen district, Anatolia, based on morphological and molecular data. To identify its taxonomical position within Centaurea, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) = gene region of the new species was amplified and sequenced. The new species belongs in Centaurea...

Muscari vanensis (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated from East Anatolia, Turkey. This species is distributed in slopes of stony rocky areas facing south of Lake Van (B5 Van Province). Muscari vanensis an endemic confined to East Anatolia, is related to mainly with M. botryoides and M. armeniacum. Diagnostic morphological characters have bee...

Özet: Bu çalışmada, Centaurea pseudoscabiosa türüne ait alt taksonların altı farklı popülasyonunun karyotipleri aseto-orsein yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Tüm popülasyonlar aynı kromozom sayısına (2n=22) ve temel kromozom sayısına (x=11) sahiptir. Alt taksonların karyotipleri C. pseudoscabiosa subsp. pseudoscabiosa ve C. pseudoscabiosa subsp. araratic...

The identification of species based on anatomical characters is valuable to investigate their taxonomic status, phylogeny and understand their autoecology. The current study analysed the stem and leaf properties of 20 species of the subgenus Cyanus (Mill.) Hayek in Turkey. The Cyanus species exhibited xeromorphic anatomical features, such as tight...

In this study, chromosome length, karyomorphology and chromosome asymmetry of six Turkish Muscari species; Muscari muglaensis, M. nazimiyensis, M. pallens, M. pamiryigidii, M. inundatum and M. fatmaceranie were evaluated. The somatic chromosome number of all examined taxa was determined as 2n=18. The basic chromosome number was x=9. Chromosomes con...

Bu çalışmada Isatis quadrialata’nın ayrıntılı morfolojik ve anatomik özellikleri incelenmiş olup, meyve ve tohum mikromorfolojileri araştırılmıştır. Anatomik araştırmalarda, türün kök, gövde, yaprak ve meyve enine kesitleri alınmıştır. Kök enine kesitlerinde, epidermis dokusu koruyucu görev yapmaktadır. Gövdelerde, tek tabakalı epidermis hücreleri,...

Aethionema aytachii Ertuğrul & Hamzaoğlu, a new species from central Anatolia that grows on marly hills in the Ayaş district of Ankara Province (Turkey), is described and its relationships and distinguishing characters from the closest relative A. dumanii are discussed. The shape of pollen grains of A. aytachii is tricolpate, and its seed-coat scul...

Within the legume family, the taxonomic status of subtribe Glycyrrhizinae of tribe Galegeae and of the genus Adinobotrys has been re-assessed. Based on genome skimming data, we conducted phylogenomic analyses of the inverted repeat-lacking clade within subfamily Papilionoideae. The results support the sister relationship between Glycyrrhizeae and A...

In the present research, anatomical, palynological and micromorphological characteristics of three endemic Bellevalia species (B. gracilis, B. malatyaensis and B. vuralii) for Turkey are carried out. This work reveals the descriptive characteristics of the examined species, and contribute to solving taxonomic problems. Anatomical studies were carri...

Here we describe Centaurea hekimhanensis, a new species found in Hekimhan (Turkey, Malatya Province). This Centaurea grows on the stony-gravel mountain slopes of Yamadağ and is morphologically similar to C. reuteriana, C. bourgaei, and C. pichleri in terms of their flowering lateral stem at the base of the rosette, but differs regarding the shape o...

The seed exomorphic characteristics of four taxa (Cardamine graeca, C. impatiens subsp. impatiens, C. raphanifolia and C. uliginosa) belonging to Cardamine were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This study presents exomorphic characteristics, including seed colour, shape, winged, measures, seed coat pattern. Four coat patterns w...

The seed exomorphic characteristics of five taxa (I. arenaria Azn., I. candolleana Boiss., I. cappadocica Desv. subp. macrocarpa (Jaub. & Spach) P.H. Davis, I. erzurumica P.H. Davis and I. floribunda Boiss. ex. Bornm. belonging to Isatis L. were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This study presents exomorphic characteristics, in...

Two new species of Centaurea subg. Cyanus (Asteraceae) from Anatolia are described and illustrated. Centaurea akcadaghensis Uysal & Şirin occurs on open Quercus forest of Levent Canyon (Akçadağ-Malatya) and differs from C. matthiolifolia Boiss. mainly in stem, leaves, central flowers and achenes measures. Centaurea ermenekensis Şirin & Uysal is res...

The seed macro-and micromorphologies of four taxa (Barbarea auriculata Hausskn. ex Bornm. var. auriculata, Barbarea trichopoda Hausskn. ex Bornm., Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch. and Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. subsp. vulgaris) belonging to Barbarea R. Br. were investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Significance of seed features as taxonom...

z: Draba (Kayadolaması) cinsine ait olan dört taksonun [Draba bruniifolia Steven subsp. bruniifolia (kayadolaması), Draba heterocoma Fenzl. (tüylüdolama), Draba haradjianii Rech. f. (hataydolaması) ve Draba nemorosa L. (ormandolaması)] tohum morfolojileri, taramalı elektron mikroskobu (SEM) ile incelenerek taksonomik karakter olarak önemleri belirl...

Chromosome numbers of five Alyssum species (A. aizoides Boiss., A. aureum (Fenzl) Boiss., A. baumgartnerianum Bornm. ex Baumg. A. constellatum Boiss. and A. xanthocarpum Boiss.) from Turkey have been reported for the first time. A. aizoides and A. baumgartnerianum are tetraploid (2n=4x=32) while A. au-reum, A. constellatum and A. xanthocarpum are d...

The liquorice genus, Glycyrrhiza L. (Leguminosae), is a medicinal herb with great economic importance and an intriguing intercontinental disjunct distribution in Eurasia, North Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Glycyrrhiza, along with Glycyrrhizopsis Boiss. and Meristotropis Fisch. & C.A.Mey., comprise Glycyrrhiza s.l. Here we reconstructed the...

Three close endemic species of Psephellus section Odontolophoidei were compared with regard to their micro- and macromorphological characters to explore their taxonomic circumscription and relationships. In the scope of detailed morphologic studies, the deficiences found in the species descriptions in Flora of Turkey were corrected. Detailed descri...

Öz: Bu çalışmada, Kitaibela vitifolia Willd. Türkiye Florası için ilk kez kaydedildi. Bu tür, Eski Yugoslavya ve Arnavutluk'ta doğal, dar yayılışlı bir endemik olup, Macaristan ve Romanya'da kültür formundadır. Amanos Dağları'nda (Osmaniye) biyoçeşitlilik projesi kapsamında gerçekleştirilen arazi çalışmaları sırasında bu tür çam ormanı açıklıkların...

Cousinia agridaghensis (sect. Cousinia) from Ağrı province, eastern Turkey, is described as new to science. The new species is morphologically closely related to C. urumiensis, C. fedorovii and C. armena but differs in capitula shape, synflorescence shape, stem height, shape of segments of basal and uppermost cauline leaves. In addition, the new sp...

Centaurea uysalii Şirin & Çeçen, a new Asteraceae species from the province of Karaman, in Turkey, is described and illustrated herein. It is morphologically similar to C. bourgaei Boiss. (Subgen. Cyanus), but it mainly differs from its relative in terms of the involucre and achene lengths. The achene micromorphological features and karyomorphology...

In this study, chromosome number and karyomorphologic features of Onosma sieheana Hayek (Ak emcek in Turkish) which is the endemic taxon for Turkey were investigated for the first time. Performed by squashing method in the root tips with Acetoorcein, the chromosome number were counted 2n=24, and karyotype formula of the taxon were determined to be...

Bu araştırma l999-2003 yılları arasında ülkemizin önemli bitki alanlarından birisi olan Sütsüz Dağı ve çevresinde yayılış gösteren endemik bitkileri tespit etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Antalya il sınırları içerisinde yer alan araştırma alanının kuzey ucu Konya - Antalya il sınırını oluşturur. Araştırma alanı Davis’in kareleme sistemine göre C4 kares...

Chorology of Subgenus Cyanus (Mill.) Hayek (Asteraceae) Growing in Turkey

Taxonomic Revision of Subgenus Cyanus (Centaurea, Asteraceae) in Turkey

The genus Aethionema is sister to the core Brassicaceae (including Arabidopsis thaliana) and thus has an important evolutionary position for comparative analyses. Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae) is emerging as a model to understand the evolution of various traits. We generated transcriptome data for seven Ae. arabicum genotypes across the specie...

The chromosome numbers and karyotypes belonging to populations of Psephellus aucherianus complex were discussed by this paper. The chromosome numbers of all populations were determined as 2n=30. Karyomorphological results indicated that the populations of Ps. aucherianus complex display a broad variation and differ from each other in some aspects....

Objective / Purpose: To purpose of this study to report the somatic chromosome number and karyotype of Cy. cheiranthifolius var. purpurascens for the first time. Material and Methods: Herbarium materials belonging to Cy. cheiranthifolius var. purpurascens were collected from the field between 2014 and 2016. Mature achenes were selected and periodic...

Objective / Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine karyomorphological characteristics of Cy. eflanensisand Cy. lanigerus. Material and Methods: Herbarium materials belonging to Cy. eflanensis and Cy. lanigerus were collected from the field between 2014 and 2016. Mature achenes were selected and periodically germinated for chromosomal analys...

Micro-and macromorphological achene features of 20 knapweeds taxa from Turkey were searched using light and scanning electron microscopy. The achene surface was examined in detail for each taxon and a dendogram was established by numerical analyses derived from the observed micromorphological features. Cyanus pinardii was distinguished by epappose...

The legume family (Fabaceae) exhibits a high level of species diversity and evolutionary success worldwide. Previous phylogenetic studies of the genus Hedysarum L. (Fabaceae: Hedysareae) showed that the nuclear and the plastid topologies might be incongruent, and the systematic position of the Hedysarum sect. Stracheya clade was uncertain. In this...

Bayesian tree based on the concatenated nuclear ITS, ETS, PGDH and TRPT sequences. The Bayesian posterior probabilities are above the branches, and the maximum parsimony (left) and maximum likelihood (right) bootstrap support values are below the branches. Dashes indicate branches that are not found in the maximum parsimony or the maximum likelihoo...

Taxon names, geographical locality, voucher information and herbarium codes, and GenBank accession numbers for the sequences used in this study. Herbarium codes follow the Index Herbariorum (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/). For each taxon, GenBank accession numbers of the ten sequences are given in the sequence of ETS, ITS, PGDH, SQD1, TRPT, trnL-trn...

Maximum parsimony tree based on the concatenated nuclear ITS and ETS sequences. The Bayesian posterior probabilities are above the branches, and the maximum parsimony (left) and maximum likelihood (right) bootstrap support values are below the branches. Dashes indicate branches that are not found in the Bayesian tree or the maximum likelihood tree....

Bayesian tree based on nuclear SQD1 sequences. The Bayesian posterior probabilities are above the branches, and the maximum parsimony (left) and maximum likelihood (right) bootstrap support values are below the branches. Dashes indicate branches that are not found in the maximum parsimony or the maximum likelihood trees. (TIF)

Coalescent tree based on nuclear ETS, ITS, PGDH, SQD1 and TRPT sequences. The posterior probabilities are above the branches. (TIF)

Primary concordance tree based on nuclear ETS, ITS, PGDH, SQD1 and TRPT sequences. The sample-wide posterior mean concordance factors are above the branches, and their 95% credibility intervals are below the branches. (TIF)

Primary concordance tree based on plastid psbA-trnH, trnC-petN, trnL-trnF, trnS-trnG and petN-psbM sequences. The sample-wide posterior mean concordance factors are above the branches, and their 95% credibility intervals are below the branches. (TIF)

Bayesian tree based on the concatenated nuclear PGDH and TRPT sequences. The Bayesian posterior probabilities are above the branches, and the maximum parsimony (left) and maximum likelihood (right) bootstrap support values are below the branches. Dashes indicate branches that are not found in the maximum parsimony tree or the maximum likelihood tre...

Coalescent tree based on plastid psbA-trnH, trnC-petN, trnL-trnF, trnS-trnG and petN-psbM sequences. The posterior probabilities are above the branches. (TIF)

A new species, Cirsium bozkirensis H.Duman, Dirmenci & Tugay (Asteraceae), Cirsium sect. Epitrachys DC, is described from Konya Province, South Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic and morphological characteristics that distinguish it from allied species C. cephalotes Boiss. and C. pugnax Sommier & Levier. are provided. A description, distribution map, and...

Mountains of Anatolia are one of the main Mediterranean biodiversity hotspots and their richness in endemic species amounts for 30% of the flora. Two main factors may account for this high diversity: the complex orography and its role as refugia during past glaciations. We have investigated seven narrow endemics of Centaurea subsection Phalolepis f...

A new species of Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Turkey is described and illustrated. Centaurea nallihanense Uysal & Hamzaoğlu occurs on stony slopes of corrupted oak openings in the Province of Ankara in Central Anatolia. It seems to be similar to C. sect. Ptosimopappus but related to the Cheirolepis-Pseudoseridia complex. Diagnostic characters of sim...

In this paper, 31 mostly endemic and locally distributed Turkish Centaurea taxa belonging to Centaurea and Phalolepis sections were examined in terms of their karyomorphology. The basic chromosome number for all of the studied species was concurringly determined as 9(x = 9) for both sections, excluding C. hierapolitana. We also determined tetraploi...

In this study, an interesting plant species, Kitaibela vitifolia (Malvaceae), was recorded for the flora of Turkey. This species was known to be endemic to the Balkans: narrowly distributed only in the former Yugoslavia and Albania as native; in Hungary and Romania as alien. During the biodiversity project performed by us on the Amanus mountains in...

The Ultrastructural of Achene Surface in the Genus Cyanus

In this paper, we aimed to determine the chromosomal features of Turkish endemic Rhaponticoides species. The chromosome numbers and karyomorphology of five species were examined. The chromosomal counts confirmed the previous reports of 2n = 30 given for Rhaponticoides species growing in different countries . Although R. iconiensis had a karyotype f...

This research was carried out to determine the geophytes of the region among Derebucak (Konya) – Ibradı and Cevizli (Antalya). From the study area, 10 families, 32 genera and 90 taxa belong to geophyta plants were determined. The research area is in the C3 square according to Grid system. The families belong to Monocotyledones: Araceae (1 genus), L...

In this paper, four endemic Centaurea species were investigated in terms of their chromosome numbers and karyomorphology. The chromosomal counts confirmed the results of previous reports, that the genus Centaurea has different basic chromosome numbers. Centaurea yaltirikii and Centaurea demirizii are diploid taxa. Centaurea yaltirikii has 2n = 18 c...

This research was carried out to determine the flora of the Büyükeğri Mountain and its surroundings. The research area located in the C4 square according to Grid system. As a result of the evaluating of 531 plant specimens collected from the area between 2012 and 2013, 330 taxa belong to 51 families and 193 genera were determined. The phytogeograph...

Based on sequence data of the nuclear ITS and plastid matK, trnL-F and psbA-trnH markers of 162 species (169 accessions), the relationships and monophyly of tribe Hedysareae and its close relatives were assessed, with special reference to the infrageneric phylogeny of Hedysarum. The results showed that Hedysareae sensu Lock is not monophyletic, and...

zet: Çalışma alanı İçel ili, Mut ilçesi sınırları içerisinde yer alan Büyük Eğri Dağı ve çevresi olup, Davis'in Grid kareleme sistemine göre C4 karesi içerisinde yer almaktadır. Alanda Akdeniz floristik bölgesinin etkisi görülür. Toplanan bitki örneklerinin teşhisi sonucu 21 familyaya ait 44 cins ve 56 endemik takson tespit edilmiş olup endemizm or...

A relict endemic species originating from Turkey, Thermopsis turcica, was excluded from Thermopsis in consideration of morphologic studies based on its flowers and fruits as well as micromorphological features that were obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and data from supporting molecular analyses internal transcribed spacer (ITS). Addi...

The genetic relationship among some naturally growing Vicia taxa in Turkey (V. sativa subsp. sativa, subsp. nigra var. nigra, subsp incisa var. cordata, V. cracca subsp. cracca, subsp gerardii, subsp atroviolacea, subsp stenophylla, V. hybrida, V. peregrina and V. palaestina) was assessed by helping ISSR markers. During PCR assays, although 17 prim...

Dural, H., Tugay, O., Ertuârul, K., Uysal, T. & Demirelma, H. 2007: Astragalus turkmenensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Turkey. — Ann. Bot. Fennici 44: 399-402. Astragalus turkmenensis Dural, O. Tugay & Ertugrul sp. nova (Fabaceae) from Central Anatolia in Turkey is described. It is placed in sect. Cystium and known only from the type gathering....

The genus Centaurea has numerous local and threatened endemic species in Turkey. However, information on the genetic diversity in these species is lacking. The aim of this study is to describe the genetic diversity of the populations of the threatened Centaurea lycaonica species, which was first discovered in 1845 in the Konya region in Turkey. In...

In this study, 11 Vicia taxa naturally distributed in Turkey were karyologically studied. Chromosome numbers, karyotypes and idiograms of five taxa that belong to section Cracca of the genus Vicia (Vicia cracca subsp. gerardii, V. cracca subsp. atroviolacea, V. cracca subsp. stenophylla, V. canescens subsp. canescens, V. palaestina) and six taxa th...

Nine chromosome counts in several genera of the tribe Hedysareae from Turkey, six species of Onobrychis, two species of Hedysarum and one species of Sartoria, were reported and all karyotypes were prepared. Six of them are new. One of the other three reports is a confirmation of polyploidy, another report is a confirmation of chromosome count and t...

Many molecular marker techniques are available nowadays. PCR-based approaches like ISSR are in demand due to their simplicity and requirement of only small quantities of sample DNA. Because of this case, ISSR was preferred to detect genetic relationship among some of the Centaurea L. species in Cheirolepis (Boiss.)Hofm. and its relatives sections t...

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from two endemic Centaurea L. species (Asteraceae); Centaurea sericeae Wagenitz and Centaurea ensiformis P.H. Davis from Turkey was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), simultaneously. Caryophyllene oxide (10.6 %), nonacosane (8.6 %) and hexadecanoic ac...

Abstract: The protein patterns of 47 Centaurea species from Turkey were obtained using SDS-PAGE methods. Relationships between Centaurea species and related genera were evaluated via use of a dendrogram. SDS-PAGE provided protein profiles for an important and applicable selection within Centaurea, particularly for the section Cheirolepis and its re...