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Trichome micromorphology in Teucrium (Lamiaceae) species growing in Croatia

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Micromorphological investigation of the types, dimensions and distribution of characteristic trichomes in leaves and stems in Teucrium L. species (T. arduini L., T. chamaedrys L., T. flavum L., T. montanum L., T. polium L., and T. scordium L. subsp. scordioides Schreb.) distributed in Croatia was carried out as part of the taxonomical study of the genus Teucrium. Secretory types of hairs, peltate and capitate hairs were observed on the epidermis of stems and leaves of all investigated species. Non-secretory, acicular hairs were almost completely lacking on stems of T. scordium subsp. scordioides. Flagelliform hairs were not found in T. flavum and T. polium. Cladose hairs were present only in T. polium. The largest micromorphological variability was established between wild and cultivated samples of T. arduini and T. scordium subsp. scordioides, while cultivated and wild specimens of T. polium were almost identical. Differences were primarily observed in trichome dimensions and much less in micromorphological features.

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    Renata Jurišić Grubešić, Sanda Vladimir-Knežević, Dario Kremer, Zdenka Kalodera & Jadranka Vuković

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Jurišić Grubešić, R., Vladimir-Knežević, S., Kremer, D. et al. Trichome micromorphology in Teucrium (Lamiaceae) species growing in Croatia. Biologia 62, 148–156 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-007-0023-6

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