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Pak. J. Bot., 47(2): 511-515, 2015. |
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ANATOMICAL INDICATORS OF THE LEAF STRUCTURE OF FERULA ILIENSIS, GROWING IN THE EASTERN PART OF ZAILIYSKIY ALATAU (BIG BOGUTY MOUNTAINS)
AIGUL AKHMETOVA*, NASHTAY MUKHITDINOV AND ALIBEK YDYRYS
Abstract: Anatomical characteristics of Ferula iliensis leaf blades of different age from three different populations; growing in the eastern part of Zaliliyskiy Alatay (Big Boguty Mountains, Kazakhstan); were analyzed. In all the plants from investigated populations a single type of blade formation and xero-mesomorphic structure was determined. The planar polarity of the blade showed multilayer of palisade mesophyll, a characteristic for all plants. Most of the covering hairs on the pubescent leaves are located on the lower side of the blades. The leaf type in general is xero-mesomorphic. The differences are mainly of quantitative character and are related to the environmental conditions of the plants. The leaf structure reflects the result of plant adaptation to various environmental factors, so the information on the leaf structure complements the environmental characteristics of the plants and improves the idea of its range of plasticity.
Key words: Umbelliferae, Ferula iliensis, Narrow endemics, Xeromesomaphic leaf type.
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue, Almaty, 050040, 71, Republic of Kazakhstan, *Corresponding author e-mail: utgnbk@mail.ru |
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