This study examined the use of plants in Uzunköprü and surrounding villages in the years 2013–2015 during the flowering and fruiting season of the studied plants (March–October). Interviews were carried out face-to-face with members of the community. Fifty-seven people in 55 villages were interviewed. Overall, medicinal plants from 96 taxa belonging to 45 families were recorded. Traditional medicinal plants were used to treat 80 diseases and ailments such as diabetes, cold, flu, cough, stomachache, and hemorrhoids. According to the results, the largest eight families are Rosaceae, Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Ranunculaceae, Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae, and Brassicaceae. The most commonly used species were <em>Anthemis cretica</em> subsp. <em>tenuiloba</em>, <em>Cotinus coggyria</em>, <em>Datura stramonium</em>, <em>Ecballium elaterium</em>, <em>Hypericum perforatum</em>, <em>Prunus spinosa</em>, <em>Pyrus elaeagnifolia</em> subsp. <em>bulgarica</em>, <em>Rosa canina</em>, <em>Sambucus ebulus</em>, <em>Tribulus terestris</em>, <em>Urtica dioica</em>. The herbarium numbers, Latin and local names, families, village numbers, parts used, usage forms, and uses were listed alphabetically in a table. In this study, 219 local names were identified.
Abstract: Background: There are a few studies on medical plants used in the Trakya region of Turkey (Havsa, Lalapasa, Uzunköprü, Ipsala, Enez, Kirklareli). However, there has been no research study performed investigating the preparation and medicinal uses of wild plants in Meriç town. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the parts of locally growing medicinal plants used by local people in Meriç town and the purpose of their use. Methods: In this study, 16 villages in Meriç town (Edirne province, Turkey) were visited, and interviews were performed with 38 persons in total. Results: As result of the study, 24 plant taxa in 19 families were recorded as medicinal plants used by local people. Conclusion: These traditional medicinal plants have been mostly used for the treatment of diabetes, stomach ailments, hemorrhoids, rheumatism and asthma. Keywords: Edirne, Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Meriç town, Turkey.
The pollen morphology of 20 wild taxa belonging to Lathyrus (Syn: Eulathyrus), Orobastrum (Taub.) Boiss. and Cicercula (Medic.) Gren. & Godr. sections of Lathyrus L. grown in Turkey (L. rotundifolius Wild. subsp. miniatus (Bieb. ex Steven) P.H. Davis, L. grandiflorus Sibth. & Sm., L. saxatilis (Vent.) Vis., L. vinealis Boiss. & Noë, L. inconspicuus L. var. inconspicuus, L. inconspicuus var. stenophyllus (Boiss.) Rech. f., L. tauricola P.H. Davis, L. woronowii Bornm., L. hierosolymitanus Boiss., L. cassius Boiss., L. gorgoni Parl. var. gorgoni, L. pseudo-cicera Pamp., L. sativus L., L. blepharicarpus Boiss., L. stenophyllus Boiss. & Heldr., L. belinensis Maxted & Goyder, L. phaselitanus Hub.-Mor. & P.H.Davis, L. chrysanthus Boiss., L. chloranthus Boiss., and L. trachycarpus (Boiss.) Boiss were examined by light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in this study. The pollen grains were 3-zonocolporate, spheroidal, subprolate, and prolate (P/E = 0.99–1.48) types, and were medium in size (equatorial view: rectangular or elliptical-obtuse-convex; polar view: circular, triangular and quinquangular-obtuse-convex). The smallest pollen grains belonged to L. tauricola (P = 30.94/E = 31.20) and the largest to L. grandiflorus (P = 50.60/E = 36.40). The ornamentation was reticulate and reticulate-granulate in the mesocolpium, and usually psilate in the apocolpium. Some photographs included in this work were taken using both LM and SEM.
Abstract Karyotype analysis of 16 wild taxa from section Platystylis (Lathyrus, Fabaceae) growing in Turkey, have been described. These are L. pallescens (Bieb.) Koch, L. brachypterus Cel., L. haussknechtii Sirj., L. karsianus P.H. Davis, L. satdaghensis P.H. Davis, L. nivalis Hand.-Mazz., L. atropatanus (Grossh.) Sirj., L. armenus (Boiss. & Huet) Sirj. L. cyaneus (Steven.) Koch var. cyaneus, L. digitatus (Bieb.) Fiori, L. tukhtensis Czecz., L. variabilis (Boiss. & Kotschy.) Maly, L. spathulatus Cel., L. elongatus (Bornm.) Sirj., L. cilicicus Hayek & Siehe, L. boissieri Sirj. Karyotype analysis was made in detail for the frist time for 13 of these taxa including seven endemic species. For all species except, L. brachypterus (2n=28), the chromosome number has been determined as 2n=14. Long arm, short arm and total lengh of the chromosomes were measured, centromeric index and relative lenght were calculated. The karyotypic formulae were 12m+2sm, 10m+4sm, 8m+6sm, 2M+8m+4sm and 2m+10sm+2st. The photographs sh...
Abstract A total of 16 wild species of the genus Lathyrus grown wildly in the region of Thrace (Turkey) were collected, identified and examined for karyotype analysis. The species diversity found in this work includes approximately one fourth of all the Lathyrus species in Turkey. Collected specimen were identified as L. niger (L.)Bernh. subsp. niger, L. palustris L. subsp. palustris, L. laxiflorus (Desf.) O.Kuntze subsp. laxiflorus, L. tuberosus L., L. undulatus Boiss., L. sylvestris L., L. sphaericus Retz., L. setifolius L., L. annuus L., L. gorgoni Parl. var. pilosus C.C.Townsend, L. cicera L., L. hirsutus L., L. clymenum L., L. ochrus (L.)DC, L. nissolia L., L. aphaca L. var. aphaca. The chromosome number of all studied taxa except L. palustris L. subsp. palustris (2n=42) was determined as 2n=14. x=7. Studies of karyotype analyses among some species of Lathyrus including L. niger subsp. niger, L. palustris subsp. palustris, L. tuberosus, L. undulatus (endemic for Turkey) L. gorgoni var. pilosus, L. clymenum L., L. ochrus (L.)DC and L. aphaca L. var. aphaca have not been investigated in Turkey. Hence, this data is also the first report on the karyotype analysis of those six species grown in the Thrace region.
We examined the pollen morphology of four taxa from the Cicercula section of Lathyrus, grown in the Thrace region (European Turkey), including L. annuus L., L. gorgoni Parl. var. pilosus C. C. Townsend, L. cicera L. and L. hirsutus L. The pollen grains are 3-zonocolporate of subprolate and prolate types (P/E=1.2378-1.4491), medium to large sized, elliptical or rectangular-obtuse-convex (equatorial view) and circular to slightly triangular-obtuse-convex (polar view). The ornamentation is reticulate.