MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDIES ON SOME SCROPHULARIA L. (SCROPHULARIACEAE) TAXA FROM NE ANATOLIA, TURKEY

In this study, morphological and anatomical features of Scrophularia chrysantha Jaub.& Spach, Scrophularia scopolii [Hoppe ex] Pers. var. adenocalyx Somm.& Lev., Scrophularia olympica Boiss., Scrophularia sosnowskyi Kem.-Nath., Scrophularia canina L., collected from NE Anatolia, were described and illustrated. Features related to morphologic peculiarities of the leaf, staminod, bracteol, alar pedicel, and corolla were found to be important for separating the taxa morphologically. Presence and distribution of the phloem fibers were seen crucial differences among examined species in terms of stem anatomical properties. All leaves are bifacial and stomata cells are anomocytic. It is determined that distribution of idioblasts is important anatomic character in the examined taxa.