A karyomorphological comparison of seven species of Achillea L. from Kurdistan of Iran

Authors

  • Fatemeh Nezhadi Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj
  • Farzad Fayaz Faculty member of Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj
  • Ezzat Karami Faculty member of Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj
  • Hooshmand Safari Faculty member of Forest and Rangeland Research Department, Kermanshah Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Kermanshah
  • Abdol Rahman Rahimi Faculty member of Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-1988

Keywords:

Achillea, cytogenetic, cytomorphology, cluster analysis, chromosome structure

Abstract

We conducted the present study on seven important medicinal species of Achillea (in a total of 28 populations) in their natural habitats. The results indicated that the populations had a base number (x= 9) and the diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploidy levels were observed. In addition to the inter-species diversity, there was the intra-species genetic diversity as A. millefolium (4x, 6x), A. vermicularis (2x, 4x), A. tenuifolia (2x, 4x), A. Aleppica (2x), A. talagonica (2x), A. biebersteinii, and A. wilhelmsii (4x). Furthermore, studies also indicated that 11 out of 28 populations had 1A symmetry, 15 populations had 2B symmetry, a population had 2A, and another population had 2B. Cluster analysis of cytogenetic variables could differentiate only the species of A. aleppica, A. talagonica and A. wilhelmsii but others could not separate differences between species appropriately, probably due to the superiority of intra-species diversity of populations to inter-species diversity. Furthermore, we found %TF and DRL are useful parameters for differentiating intrachromosomal variation of species.

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Published

2023-09-19

How to Cite

Nezhadi, F., Fayaz, F., Karami, E., Safari, H., & Rahman Rahimi, A. (2023). A karyomorphological comparison of seven species of Achillea L. from Kurdistan of Iran. Caryologia, 76(1), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-1988

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Vol. 76 No. 1 (2023)

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