Cytotaxonomic study of Quercus L. species from Section Quercus in Turkey

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Table 1. Species names, localities and chromosome numbers of studied species.

Species	Species	Somatic chromosome number
Q. infectoria subsp. boissieri	Between Dikili-Çandarlı/İzmir	2n = 24
Q. pubescens	Bayat/Afyon	2n = 24
Q. robur	Uşak University/1 Eylül Campus/Uşak	2n = 24
Q. vulcanica	Sultan Mountain/Afyonkarahisar	2n = 24

Table 2. Karyotypic descriptions, length ranges and other morphometric parameters of studied Quercus taxa.

		Length	Haploid
	Karyotypic	range	complement
Species	description	(μm)	(μm)	A1	A2
Q. infectoria subsp. boissieri	2n = 24	(1.02–2.35)	17.89	0.21	0.24
Q. pubescens	2n = 24	(1.01–2.01)	16.89	0.19	0.21
Q. robur	2n = 24	(1.75–3.92)	31.78	0.22	0.22
Q. vulcanica	2n = 24	(1.25–3.13)	22.63	0.18	0.28

Figure 1. Somatic chromosomes of (a) Q. infectoria subsp. boissieri; (b) Q. pubescens; (c) Q. robur; (d) Q. vulcanica.

Figure 2. Idiograms of (a) Q. infectoria subsp. boissieri; (b) Q. pubescens; (c) Q. robur; (d) Q. vulcanica (bar = 1 μm).