Morphological - micro morphological and Anatomical Characteristics of Salvia L. Species in Syria and determining the degree relationship

Abstract

This study included a morphological description and an anatomical study for the cross sections of the stem and leaf with the study of the lower epidermis of the leaf and the patterns and distribution of stomata in the five studied species of the Salvia L. (Sage) species located in Syrian which are: Salvia pinardii Boiss. ،Salvia spinosa L. Salvia judaica Boiss. Salvia sclarea L. ،Salvia hierosolymitana Boiss.

The results of this study showed that species morphological and anatomical characteristics such as qualitative (epidermal cells, stomatological patterns, ..) or quantitative (leaf length, thickness of the layers of tissue layers, number of stomata at species, and their proportions, and their suitability to some that they have significant taxonomic value among species.

In our research we discussed these qualities and presented the results with images، drawings and tables. The ANOVA  analysis of variance was conducted by using the statistical program  SPSS 25  to judge the significance of the numerical differences of the different characteristics and the cluster analysis of the non-numerical qualitative characteristics And MVSP 3.2 (cluster analysis) for non-specific qualities of the taxonomic tree and /38 / characteristics were used for this analysis. The cluster analysis of the studied species reported the division of the kinship into two primary clusters: the first contained the species S. pinardii and S. sclarea with a similarity ratio of 0.650، while the second was divided into two subunits under the first cluster of S. judaica، and the second cluster included S. spinosa، and S.hierosolymitana with a similarity ratio of 0.769، which contributed to the drafting of a classification guide for the studied species