Browsing by Subject "plant taxonomy"

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    Poisonous plants distributed naturally in Turkey
    (2005) Dogan Y.; Baslar S.; Ay G.; Aydin H.; Yorek N.; Mert H.H.
    From the flora point of view, Turkey is the richest country in Europe and the Middle East, with more than 10 000 vascular plant taxa, and more than 3000 of which are endemics. Therefore, poisonous plant taxa distributing in Turkey is expected to be higher. In this study, the poisonous natural plant taxa distributed in Turkey are identified and given in the table. Results of this study show that 2359 plant species belonging to 97 families are identified as poisonous in Turkey. The families with the highest number of poisonous plant species are identified as Fabaceae (571), Liliaceae (243), Ranunculaceae (140) and Asteraceae (126). Families with the highest number of poisonous genera are Fabaceae (15), Asteraceae (14), Liliaceae (14) and Ranunculaceae (11). Among the determined genera, all the members of 90 genera are poisonous. Among these genera, the top three numbers of poisonous species are Astragalus (347), Verbascum (220) and Allium (141).
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    Traditional phytotherapy and trans-cultural pharmacy among Turkish migrants living in Cologne, Germany
    (2005) Pieroni A.; Muenz H.; Akbulut M.; Başer K.H.C.; Durmuşkahya C.
    This article reports on an ethnopharmaceutical field study carried out among Turkish migrants in Cologne, western Germany, which recorded 79 botanical taxa and 115 plant-based preparations, encompassing 167 folk phytotherapeutical uses, as well as a few other biological (animal and mineral derived) remedies. One-fourth of the recorded remedies were represented by food-medicines. Half of the ingredients quoted came originally from Turkey; only a few plants were gathered from the wild or cultivated in the Cologne area. This article discusses the Turkish migrants' frequent use of aerial parts of Sideritis species, the fruits of Pistacia terebinthus and the seeds of Peganum harmala from the perspective of modern phytopharmacology, phytotherapy and toxicology. It considers cultural adaptation related to the use of folk pharmaceuticals by analysing the ingredients of the Turkish folk pharmacopoeia and comparing them with those of the Turkish medical ethnobotany and of the phytotherapy of the host country (Germany). Only one third of the remedies mentioned by Turkish migrants living in Cologne are also known in German evidence-based phytotherapy, and less than 10% of the recorded phytotherapeutic uses are common to both pharmacopoeias. This article concludes by suggesting hypotheses on future changes affecting the knowledge and use of medicinal plants within the Turkish community of Cologne. © 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Morphological and anatomical characteristics of Salvia tchihatcheffii endemic to Turkey
    (2009) Aktaş K.; Özdemir C.; Özkan M.; Akyol Y.; Baran P.
    In this study, the morphological and anatomical properties of Salvia tchihatcheffii (Fisch. & Mey.) Boiss. (Lamiaceae) which is endemic to Turkey was investigated. S. tchihatcheffii has a perennial taproot. In contrast to the other Salvia species that was investigated before the plant has two different stem as fertile and sterile stem with round in shape. Sterile stem is prostrate, leafy, fertile stem is procumbentascending, unbranched. The stamen type of the plant is A. We observed that in cross-section sterile stem three different cortex layer, with one of them is formed as crescent shape. In addition, the glandular hairs of the investigated species are classified. Other anatomical features are discussed too. The results are presented with photographs, drawings and tables. © 2009 Academic Journals.