Naslov
Leaf anatomy of a Quercus coccifera L. form from the East Adriatic coast

Autori
Bačić, Tomislav ; Miličić, Davor

Izvornik
Acta Botanica Croatica (0365-0588) 47 (1988); 135-144

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Quercus coccifera L.; East Adriatic coast

Sažetak
Two related Quercus species grow near the coast of the Mediterranean: Quercus coccifera L. and Q. calliprinos Webb. The centres of spreading of Q. coccifera are Spain and France, and of Q. calliprinos is Israel. In the central parts of the Mediterranean, between Israel and France, various new forms have developed which are more or less distant from the two starting species. One of these new forms, found in Yugoslavia in South Croatia on the East Adriatic coast, was determined as Q. coccifera, and is a representative of a plant association Orno-Cocciferetum H-ć (Horvatić 1963a, b ; Horvat et al.1974). In order to obtain more information about Q. coccifera form wich grows on the east coast of the Adriatic, we performed anatomical and some morphological investigations of the leaf. Some similarities have been found between this form and Q. calliprinos ; they both have thorny-serrate leaf margins. However, the characteristics of the type form of Q. coccifera prevailed, such as a relatively thin leaf blade, poorly developed hypoderm, early loss of trichomes and obvious intercellulars in the mesophyll.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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