‍Comparative leaf anatomy of the Inula species (Asteraceae: Inuleae) in Iran

The genus Inula L. belongs to tribe Inuleae (Asteraceae) with about ۱۰۰ species in the world. In this study, leaf in cross section and epidermis in superficial view were studied. Twenty one characters were used for separating the species with an identification key. The most important characters like kind of hairs, shape of epidermal cells on both surfaces, stomata in superficial view and in cross section, number of vascular bundles, rows of palisade parenchyma and aspect of sclerenchyma were used for analyzing with SPSS program. 

کلیدواژه ها:

Inula ، leaf ، Epiderm ، Iran