Adaptive characteristics of the endemic species Satureja horvatii Šilić (Lamiaceae) in mountain-mediterranean and mediterranean habitats |
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| Authors: | BRANISLAVA TODOROVI&#; BRANKA STEVANOVI&#; |
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| Institution: | Department for Botanical Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia;Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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| Abstract: | TODOROVI?, T. & STEVANOVI?, B., 1994. Adaptive characteristics of the endemic species Satureja horvatii ?ili? (Lamiaceae) in mountain-mediterranean and mediterranean habitats. Morphoanatomical analysis in two popoulations of Satureja horvatii from habitats of different altitudes in the Orjen-Lov?en mountain massif (Montenegro, Yugoslavia) disclosed important adaptive differences and ecological plasticity of this local endemic species. The Satureja horvatii population growing on Mt. Orjen (1540m) comprises mesoxerophytes, while the population from the foothills of Mt. Lov?en (280 m) is of a typical xerophytic type, as demonstrated by the ecoanatomical study of their leaves. |
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| Keywords: | ecoanatomy ecotypic differentiation |
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