A5024232013- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Nuts composition and effects
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Agricultural and Rural Development Research
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant and animal studies
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Historical Turkish Studies
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Hacettepe University
2016-2025
Antalya IVF
2023
Ankara University
2022
Osnabrück University
2020-2021
The mustard family (Brassicaceae) is a scientifically and economically important family, containing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana numerous crop species that feed billions worldwide. Despite its relevance, most phylogenetic trees of are incompletely sampled often contain poorly supported branches. Here, we present complete Brassicaceae genus-level phylogenies to date (Brassicaceae Tree Life or BrassiToL) based on nuclear (1,081 genes, 319 349 genera; 57 58 tribes) plastome (60 265 all...
Erodium hakanguriii, from the Altınyayla district of Sivas Province in eastern part inner Anatolia (Turkey) is described as a new species based on morphological evidence. It resembles E. sibthorpianum calcareous areas north-west Anatolia, but can be distinguished by several characteristics including longer stems, leaf blades, beak fruits, and number peduncles each stem. Diagnostic characters, full description, revised key to Absinthoides group Turkey, well pollen seed micrographs are...
Abstract Ricotia (Brassicaceae) is a genus of nine species endemic to the eastern Mediterranean region. Its phylogenetic relationships, monophyly, and tribal placement have not yet been adequately addressed. To achieve this, sequence data from nuclear‐encoded ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) chloroplast DNA (trnL‐F region) were analysed by parsimony, maximum likelihood, Bayesian methods for 45 accessions, representing all covering their entire distribution ranges, along with...
Pervasive hybridization and whole-genome duplications (WGDs) influenced genome evolution in several eukaryotic lineages. Although frequent recurrent hybridizations may result reticulate phylogenies, the evolutionary events underlying these reticulations, including detailed structure of ancestral diploid polyploid genomes, were only rarely reconstructed. Here, we elucidate complex genomic history a monophyletic clade from mustard family (Brassicaceae), showing contentious relationships to...
The three endemic species, Noccaea aucheri , N. sempervivum and mummenhoffiana previously classified in the genus Pseudosempervivum investigated for first time this study as species complex, present considerable taxonomic challenges due to overlapping morphological characters. This provides comprehensive anatomical analysis of examining 45 characters from 15 populations under different ecological conditions Turkey. Root, stem, leaf stomatal traits were through light microscopy, data analysed...
Summary The small genus Ricotia (nine species, Brassicaceae) is confined to the eastern Mediterranean. By comparative chromosome painting and a dated multi‐gene chloroplast phylogeny, we reconstructed origin subsequent evolution of . ancestral genome originated through hybridization between two older genomes with n = 7 8 chromosomes, respectively, on Turkish mainland during Early Miocene ( c 17.8 million years ago, Ma). Since then, allotetraploid 15) has been altered by independent...
Abstract The mustard family (Brassicaceae) is a scientifically and economically important family, containing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana numerous crop species that feed billions worldwide. Despite its relevance, most published phylogenies are incompletely sampled, generally contain massive polytomies, and/or show incongruent topologies between datasets. Here, we present complete Brassicaceae genus-level to date (Brassicaceae Tree of Life, or BrassiToL) based on nuclear (>1,000...
Abstract Plasticity in plant dispersal traits can maximise the ability of a species to survive stressful environments during colonization. Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae) is dimorphic annual that hypothesized conditions colonization due adaptive plasticity life-phase (vegetative vs sexual) and fruit morph (dehiscent [DEH] indehiscent fruits [IND]). We tested for morphs along laboratory environmental stress gradients found natural habitats Ae. . considered optimal (750–2000 m above sea...
Abstract In Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems, annual species specific to post-fire habitats should have a soil seed bank and be able germinate after fire. Therefore, various fire-related cues can expected stimulate germination in annuals. Germination patterns of the rare Chaenorhinum rubrifolium (Plantaginaceae) were examined response mechanical scarification, heat shock, aqueous smoke, nitrogenous compounds, gibberellic acid, karrikinolide (KAR 1 ), mandelonitrile (a cyanohydrin...
Understanding disjunct distribution patterns in the Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia is important order to reconstruct robust biogeographical hypotheses. This instrumental understanding recolonization of Europe during Quaternary glaciation/interglaciation periods potential role as a refugium. Unfortunately, only few studies have been conducted uncover such processes. Here, we used all eight species genus Bornmuellera (Brassicaceae) with scattered Balkans its biogeographic history. We applied...
Matthiola montana and M. anchoniifolia are endemic to Türkiye can be distinguished from each other by morphological features including siliques, leaves, petals, hairs. Although these two taxa have traditionally been treated as separate species in all taxeonomic accounts, field herbarium studies together with findings the literature suggest that they should considered at subspecies level very least due transitions aforementioned characters. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated available...
Abstract The responses of Anatolian plants to global climate change have been poorly investigated. In this study, we aimed understand how climatic oscillation during the Quaternary period helped shape current distribution patterns endemic Noccaea iberidea, a typical representative tragacanthic (thorny cushion) steppe communities Anatolia. We used ecological niche modelling combined with statistical phylogeography, based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastidic trnL-F trnS-ycf9 regions. Both...
Abstract Despite its amazing biodiversity, the Eastern Mediterranean remains a highly understudied region when compared with Western Mediterranean, restricting our understanding of diversity across entire Mediterranean. Here we use combination molecular markers and presence/absence data from all species genus Ricotia collected full geographic range to determine historical, ecological, evolutionary factors responsible for lineage‐specific diversification in Network analysis based on revealed...
Herein the taxonomical status of some poorly known Noccaea (Brassicaceae) species is revised. Moreover, morphological, distributional and ecological properties these are updated. Some overlooked in Turkey such as versicolor N. aptera recollected their descriptions emended discussed. huber-morathii also from its type locality after first collection. The description distribution New areas for tatiaae aghrica, which have been insufficiently Turkey, given.
Taxonomic descriptions of Iranian and Turkish Hesperis (Brassicaceae) species are generally insufficient partly incomplete, which makes the delimitation ambiguous. In order to clarify circumscription, we scored 57 morphological descriptors (MDs) in 121 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from Iran Turkey performed a multivariate analysis. The dendrogram was created Gower’s distance matrix using Unweighted Pair Group Method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) algorithm. clearly separates OTUs into...