Anatomical study of Scorzonera phaeopappa boiss. and Serratula cerinthifolia Boiss. in Kurdistan region-Iraq

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This study was executed to evaluated the anatomical comparative between Scorzonera (Sc.) phaeopappa and Serratula (Se.) cerinthifolia from Kurdistan region -Iraq .

The examined plants were chosen from the herbarium of Biology Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.

The standard paraffin protocol was applied to investigate some anatomical traits of leaves and stems of Sc.

phaeopappa and Se.

cerinthifolia.

The anatomical inspection of Sc.

phaeopappa leaf showed that a number of features such as downward round margin, unicellular glandular trichomes and anomocytic hypostomatous were identifiable.

Also this research work demonstrated presence of round straight margins, unicellular trichomes and anomocytic amphistomatous leaves of Se.

cerinthifolia .The stem anatomical study revealed that the shape of stem was irregular and the fibers were not present around the vascular bundles in Sc.

Phaeopappa, whilst the stem of Se.

cerinthifolia was regular in shape and the vascular bundles were surrounded by fibers.