Mohammad Mohammadi; Sahar Jalali; Zahra Tavakkoli; Farrokh Ghahremaninejad
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The identification of medicinal plants has always been of practical use for human or people. Such studies have already been carried out in several areas of Iran. In this research, the medicinal plants used in Bazarjan area were investigated for the first time. First, the floristic survey of Bazarjan ...
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The identification of medicinal plants has always been of practical use for human or people. Such studies have already been carried out in several areas of Iran. In this research, the medicinal plants used in Bazarjan area were investigated for the first time. First, the floristic survey of Bazarjan was carried out. Then, the species from which medicinal knowledge would be obtained were identified. The methods included field methods and the use of reliable scientific resources. To gather medicinal properties of plants local in habitats of the whole area for uniformity. The herbarium sampled of the studied plants are deposited in Kharazmi University. In this research, 33 species of medicinal plants were idetified. The biggest families included Asteraceae, Brassicaceae and Lamiaceae in turn. The medicinal plant species were found to comprise 10.54 % of the whole flora of the area. Of the different applications of medicinal plants in Bazarjan, we could point to antipyretic, diuretic, expectorant, stomachic and tonic could be mentioned.
Houra Sherafatmand Attar; Farrokh Ghahremaninejad
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The genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) includes about 60-75 species. Taxonomy of this genus is difficult due to high hybridization, domestication of some species, high morphological diversity, gene flow, and many intermediate forms that have been reported. The main purpose of this study was analyzing leaf ...
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The genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) includes about 60-75 species. Taxonomy of this genus is difficult due to high hybridization, domestication of some species, high morphological diversity, gene flow, and many intermediate forms that have been reported. The main purpose of this study was analyzing leaf anatomical characters for nine species of the genus and also evaluating the systematical efficiency of these characters. In this study the anatomical structure of the midrib, lamina and petiole was studied by light microscopy. These characters confirm the classification of species in the subgenus, section and subsection. In general it seems that the whole anatomical characters of the studied species can be effective in association with morphological characters.
Farrokh Ghahremani nejad; Samane Eskandari
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In this survey, leaf epidermal preparations and transverse sections of leaf 17 species of genus Allium were studied using light microscope. Several features of leaf anatomy transverse section outline and epidermal preparations, prominent midrib or not, presence or absence sclerenchyma cells, mesophyll ...
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In this survey, leaf epidermal preparations and transverse sections of leaf 17 species of genus Allium were studied using light microscope. Several features of leaf anatomy transverse section outline and epidermal preparations, prominent midrib or not, presence or absence sclerenchyma cells, mesophyll features, vascular bundles characteristics, binding vascular bundles, cell shape, pore size, density stomatal, anticlinal walls, etc. are discussed here. Several anatomical characters in this study confirm the infrageneric classification of Allium. Regarding the anatomical features mentioned above, A.elburzens and A.ubipetrense, have different features than the other species in the section Acanthoprason. Allium convallarioides belongs to the section Codonoprasum which has similar features to species of Allium. and A.lamondiae has different features from other species of section Avulsea.
Alireza Taghi nezhad; Vahid Amrgholipour kasmani; Farrokh Ghahramani nezhad
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The current study concerns biomass estimation of dominant aquatic plant species of four important wetlands in Babol (Mazandaran prov.) namely, Marzoonabad, Bosra, Langoor and Ramenet. 12 plant species belonging to 11 genera and 9 families were surveyed. A total of 131 vegetation plots along seven transects ...
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The current study concerns biomass estimation of dominant aquatic plant species of four important wetlands in Babol (Mazandaran prov.) namely, Marzoonabad, Bosra, Langoor and Ramenet. 12 plant species belonging to 11 genera and 9 families were surveyed. A total of 131 vegetation plots along seven transects in various wetlands were collected and analyzed by ANOVA tests and DCA ordination. The average biomass of all dominant species in Babol wetlands is 1309.19 gr/m2 of which Phragmites australis and Najas graminea possess the highest and lowest proportions, respectively. Moreover, Typha latifolia and Ceratophyllum demersum with 3029.81 gr/m2 and 330.10 gr/m2 have maximum and minimum dry weight in the studied plots, respectively. In the DCA ordination biplot, species like Ceratophyllum demersum, Typha latifolia, Phragmites australis and Potamogeton pectinatus have remarkable roles in increasing biomass in the studied wetlands. Moreover, ANOVA analyses indicated that except Schoenoplectus lacustris and Potamogeton lucense, other aquatic species demonstrate significant differences among the studied wetlands.
