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Comparative Wood Anatomy of Atraphaxis taxa in Turkey

Journal

BIORESOURCES
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 835-845

Publisher

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI
DOI: 10.15376/biores.16.1.835-845

Keywords

Wood Anatomy; Atraphaxis; Turkey

Funding

  1. Artvin Coruh University Scientific Research Projects Unit [2013.F10.01.02]

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This study compared the wood anatomy of four Atraphaxis taxa in Turkey, measuring various wood characteristics and determining qualitative features. The results showed differences in growth rings, vessel grouping, ray height and density, number of vessels, among other parameters.
The wood anatomy of four Atraphaxis taxa that have natural distribution in Turkey-Atraphaxis billardieri Jaub. & Spach, Atraphaxis billardieri subsp. tournefortii (Jaup. & Spach) Lovelius, Atraphaxis spinosa L., and endemic Atraphaxis grandiflora (Willd.)-were compared in this study. The wood samples were sectioned according to standard techniques. Samples were macerated with Schultze's method. Tangential and radial vessel diameters, intervessel pit diameters, vessel wall thickness, vessel elements length, dimensions of libriform fibres (lengths, widths, cell wall thickness and, lumen diameter), and uniseriate and biseriate ray heights were measured, and the number of vessels per mm(2), number of rays per mm, and number of vessels per group were counted. The qualitative features such as growth rings, vessel grouping, presence of helical thickening and storied structure, vestured pits, type of perforation plate, and arrangement of axial parenchyma were determined. These four species of Atraphaxis shrubs differ in some wood characteristics such as growth rings, vessel grouping, vestured pits, height and density of rays, number of vessels per mm(2), and the dimensions of the vessel.

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