Karyomorphological Investigation of the Eight Species of the <i>Muscari</i> Genus <i>Botryanthus</i> Subgenus Growing in Turkey

The chromosome numbers and karyotypes of eight species, the subgenus Botryanthus genus Muscari distributed in Turkey were analyzed. These taxa are M. adilii M.B. Güner & H. Duman, anatolicum Cowley Özhatay, bourgaei Baker, latifolium, J. Krik, inconstrictum Rech. f. microstomum P.H. Davis D.C. Staurt, parviflorum Desf. sandrasicum Karlén. Five them (M. adilii, anatolicum, bourgaei, sandrasicum) endemic Turkey. While number examined was generally determined as 2n=2x=18, somatic 2n=4x=36 parviflorum. Haploid lengths varied from 26.00 µm adilii) to 101.74 parviflorum) among species. Karyotype analysis indicated that have median point (M), (m), submedian (sm), subterminal (st) chromosomes. In addition, satellites observed two latifolium.