Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Thaiszia Journal of Botany, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.73-84, 2015 (Scopus)
© 2015, Pavol Jozef Safarik University. All rights reserved.Crocus wattiorum, endemic to the Olympos-Bey Mountains National Park of Antalya province, Turkey, is mainly distributed on rocky and stony areas under sparse Pinus brutia and maquis. As well as the leaf and scape anatomy, the palynological and seed micromorphological features of this species were investigated in this study. The leaves of C. wattiorum consist of two lateral arms with rectangular keel in the median region. The characteristic pale stripe running axially along the center of the leaf is caused by the parenchymatous cells in the keel which lack chloroplast and break down to form an air space. The seeds of the species are globose to ovate in shape, the seed surface is papillose. The pollen grains are prolate spheroidal, with a thin exine and a relatively thick intine. During the field study, it was endeavored to record all individuals found in their habitat, and the individuals' locations were recorded with GPS. Data concerning the habitat types, elevation, aspect, slope, vegetation and distance from the sea of the individuals was noted and evaluated using Geographic information system, ArcGIS 9.3. Additionally, potential distribution areas of the species, which is categorized CR under IUCN threat category, were determined.