Notes on the Newly Identified B. Şahin & Sağıroğlu (Rubiaceae) from Turkey Based on a Light and Scanning Electron Microscopic Study.

Micromorphological features of vegetative and reproductive organs in plants are considered important because they can be used as taxonomic characters. Asperula cankiriense B. Şahin & Sağıroğlu, commonly known as “Çankırı belumu”, belongs to the family Rubiaceae and generally occurs in gypsum steppes.

New approaches with ATR-FTIR, SEM, and contact angle measurements in the adaptation to extreme conditions of some endemic Gypsophila L. taxa growing in gypsum habitats.

Gypsophila L. taxa growing on gypsum soils have to withstand limiting and restrictive conditions for plant life. This study aims to identify functional mechanisms determine the main functional groups in the vegetative and reproductive organs of some endemic Gypsophila taxa growing in gypsum soils, as well as to understand the relationship between the hidrophobicities and their micromorphological structures of the leaves of these plants grown in arid conditions.

SEM observations on the vegetative plant parts of Acantholimon riyatguelii Yıldırım (Plumbaginaceae), a local endemic restricted to gypsum habitats.

Acantholimon riyatguelii Yıldırım is a local endemic restricted to gypsum habitats. SEM observation on roots, stems and leaves of A. riyatguelii presented detailed information of ultrastructural properties which described this species adaptations to specific conditions of gypsum habitats.

Micromorphological considerations on Alyssum nezaketiae Aytaç & H. Duman (Brassicaceae), endemic to gypsum habitats from Turkey: An electron microscopic study.

Alyssum nezaketiae is a local endemic species in gypsum habitats of Çankırı province in Turkey. In this study, I used field collected specimens of A. nezaketiae in a scanning electron microscopy examination of vegetative and reproductive structures of A.