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Micromorphological traits and essential oil of Micromeria longipedunculata Bräuchler (Lamiaceae)

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Central European Journal of Biology

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Micromeria longipedunculata Bräuchler (syn. M. parviflora (Vis.) Rchb.) is an endemic Illyric-Balkan plant species from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania. We investigated types and distribution of trichomes, pollen morphology, and chemical composition of essential oil (analysed by GC and GC-MS) in M. longipedunculata. Non-glandular trichomes, peltate trichomes, and two types of capitate trichomes (type 1 composed of one basal epidermal cell, and one head cell with subcuticular space; type 2 composed of one basal epidermal cell, two or three stalk cells, and one head cell with subcuticular space) were observed on leaves, bracteoles, the calyx, corolla, and the stem. The pollen grains had six apertures which were set in the equatorial pollen belt and showed medium reticulate ornamentation. A phytochemical analysis of essential oils from four different localities is characterized by similar chemical composition with spathulenol (23.7–39.5%), piperitone oxide (7.7–12.1%) and piperitone (7.3–8.9%) as the major compounds.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dario Kremer & Ivan Kosalec

  2. Faculty of Natural Science, University of Split, 21000, Split, Croatia

    Valerija Dunkić & Nada Bezić

  3. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, 81 000, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Danijela Stešević

  4. Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Dalibor Ballian & Faruk Bogunić

  5. Institute of Plant Physiology, Karl-Franzens University, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Edith Stabentheiner

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Kremer, D., Dunkić, V., Stešević, D. et al. Micromorphological traits and essential oil of Micromeria longipedunculata Bräuchler (Lamiaceae). cent.eur.j.biol. 9, 559–568 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-014-0294-1

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