Meiotic Studies on Some Iranian Centaurea (Compositae)

Abstract

Original chromosome observations for eleven taxa (21 populations) of the genus Centaurea in Iran are presented. One of them report for first time, although the all determinations are new for the geographic distribution areas, where the plants collected. Meiotic behaviors (position, situation and average of chiasma, etc.) are noted for all investigated taxa. Significance differences for chromosomal behaviors were not observed between the populations belonging to the same taxa.