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<p><italic>Pistacia atlantica</italic> has a lot of medical, pharmaceutical and economic benefits, and its variability shows its evolutionary potential. The objective of this study was to investigate morphological and micro-morphological variability of these trees within different ecological regions. This study offers a general description of sites, an analysis of morphological variability of twenty quantitative and qualitative parameters based on the impact of natural and artificial conditions, and leaf anatomical analysis. The results showed that the population exhibited heterogeneity in all parameters of the leaf related to changes in soil, density, climate and slope. Variability in nut size was also demonstrated which was due to the effects of climate, type of soil and topographic factors. The results of electron microscope scanning of leaf anatomy showed the existence of large micro-morphological variability between study sites.</p>
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Pistacia atlantica has a lot of medical, pharmaceutical and economic benefits, and its variability shows its evolutionary potential. The objective of this study was to investigate morphological and micro-morphological variability of these trees within different ecological regions. This study offers a general description of sites, an analysis of morphological variability of twenty quantitative and qualitative parameters based on the impact of natural and artificial conditions, and leaf anatomical analysis. The results showed that the population exhibited heterogeneity in all parameters of the leaf related to changes in soil, density, climate and slope. Variability in nut size was also demonstrated which was due to the effects of climate, type of soil and topographic factors. The results of electron microscope scanning of leaf anatomy showed the existence of large micro-morphological variability between study sites.

Effect of environmental conditions on morphological variability of leaves and fruits of five populations of <italic>Pistacia atlantica</italic> Desf. in North Algeria

Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment. Department of Biology

Laboratory of biotoxicology, pharmacognosy and biological valorization of plants, Department of Biology

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Effect of environmental conditions on morphological variability of leaves and fruits of five populations of  Desf. in North Algeria

Pistacia atlantica has a lot of medical, pharmaceutical and economic benefits, and its variability shows its evolutionary potential. The objective of this...

Effect of environmental conditions on morphological variability of leaves and fruits of five populations of Pistacia atlantica Desf. in North Algeria

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Jun 05, 2020

Accepted: Jun 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2020-0005

Keywords
morphology, micro-morphology, environmental impact, biodiversity, Anova, ecological zone

© 2020 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effect of environmental conditions on morphological variability of leaves and fruits of five populations of Pistacia atlantica Desf. in North Algeria

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Jun 05, 2020

Accepted: Jun 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2020-0005

Keywordsmorphology, micro-morphology, environmental impact, biodiversity, Anova, ecological zone

© 2020 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
morphology, micro-morphology, environmental impact, biodiversity, Anova, ecological zone