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Pak. J. Bot., 44(4): 1185-1192,  2012.

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The Anatomy and Morphology of the Medıcınal Plant, Lılıum candıdum L. (Lılıaceae), Dıstrıbuted ın Marmara Regıon of Turkey

Fazıl ÖZEN¹, Hacı TEMELTA޲ and Özlem AKSOY^1*

Abstract: Lilium candidum L., was cultivated and has been used for different purposes like medical, cosmetics, commercial for thousands of years. It was naturally distributed around the city of Balıkesir (in Marmara region) and was investigated for its morphological, anatomical and phenological specifications during this study. Some of the morphological measurements were different from the measurements in Flora of Turkey. The measurements on bulb, stem leaves, basal leaves, bracte, pedicel, inner and outter tepals (separately), fruit, seed and pollen were given for the first time. Natural distribution of L. candidum in this region is the first record for the region and also the natural growth conditions for this species around Balıkesir city were determined for the first time.

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, University of Kocaeli, Umuttepe Campus, Kocaeli, Turkiye

²Maltepe Askeri Lisesi Komutanlığı, 35314, Izmir, Turkiye.

^*Corresponding author’s e-mail: ozlem.aksoy@kocaeli.edu.tr; Tel: 90 262 3032902; Fax: 90 262 3032903