This paper reports the chromosome numbers of eleven Turkish Fritillaria taxa from seventeen
populations along with their karyotypes and ideograms. They are F. hermanis subsp. amana (Rix)
R.Wallis & R.B.Wallis 2n=24, F. armena Boiss. 2n=24 (endemic), F. aurea Schott 2n=24 (endemic), F.
crassifolia Boiss. & A.Huet subsp. crassifolia 2n=24 (endemic), F. crassifolia Boiss. & A.Huet subsp. kurdica (Boiss. & Noë) Rix 2n=24 (endemic), F. imperialis L. 2n=26+2B, 24+3B, 24, 26+3B, F. minuta Boiss. & Noë 2n=24, F. persica L. 2n=24, F. pinardii Boiss. 2n=24, 24+5B, F. uva-vulpis Rix 2n=36 and F. viridiflora Post 2n=24 (endemic). The Fritillaria uva-vulpis was the only triploid, others were diploid
with some B chromosomes. The basic chromosome numbers were counted as x= 12 or 13. For all
karyological characters of taxa, the correlation coefficient was defined and grouping was performed by
cluster analysis (UPGMA, similarity) and by ordination based on principal-components analysis (PCA).
Alan S. (2008) An endemic species in Turkey; Morphological and anatomical investigation on Fritillaria eischeriana Steudel & Hochst. ex Schultes & Schultes l. (Liliaceae). Ot Sistematik Botanik Dergisi, 15(2): 115–24.
Aquaro G. Peruzzi L. Cesca G. (2007) Chromosome numbers of 20 owering plants from ex-Yugoslav countries. Bocconea, 21: 303–12.
Başak N. (1991) The genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in European Turkey. Botanika Chronika, 10: 841-44.
Bakshi-Khaniki G. and Persson K. (1997) Nectary morphology in South West Asia Fritillaria (Liliaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 17: 579–611.
Chatterjee A. (1971) Cytogenetical investigation on a few Himalayan species of Fritillaria. J. Cytology and Genetics, 6: 117–22.
Chase M.W. and Reveal J.L. (2009) A phylogenetic classi cation of the land plants to accompany APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161: 122– 27.
Davis P.H. Mill R.R. and Tan K. (1988) Flora of Turkey and The East Aegean Islands. 10: 390–91. Edinburgh University Press.
IPCN (2014). Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers, Missouri Botanical Garden project [online]. Available from http:// www.tropicos.org/Project/IPCN [accessed 10 March 2015].
Jojić V. Blagojević J., Ivanović A., Bugarski- Stanojević V. and Vujošić M. (2007) Morphological Integration of the Mandible in Yellow-Necked Field Mice: The Effects of B Chromosomes. The Journal of Mammalogy, 88(3): 689–95.
Jussieu A.L. (1789) Genera Plantarum. Vol 2. Paris: p. 48.
Kamari G. (1991) The genus Fritillaria L. in Greece: Taxonomy And Karyology. Botanika Chronika, 10: 253–70.
Kamari G. and Phitos D. (2006) Karyosystematic study of Fritillaria messanensis s.l. (Liliaceae). Willdenowia, 36: 217–33.
Kang D. Hyuncheol O. Dong-Ki C. Eui-K, Jong-Hyun H. and Ho-Sub L. (2002) Effects of bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis maxim. on angiotensin converting enzyme and vascular release of NO/cGMP in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 81: 49– 55.
Kang D., Sohna E.J., Lee Y.M., Lee A.S., Hana J.H., Kimb T.Y., Lee H.S. (2004) Effects of bulbus Fritillaria water extract on blood pressure and renal functions in the L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 91: 51– 6.
Khanki G.B. (2002) Chromosome number of Fritillaria subgenera Petilium and Theresia (Liliaceae). Nucleus (Calcutta), 45(1, 2): 6–11.
Koçyiğit M., Özhatay N., Rastgeldi, U. and Kaya, E. (2014) Reports (1826-1836): In; G. Kamari G., Blanché C. & Siljak- Yakovlev S. (ed.), Mediterranean chromosome number reports – 24. Flora Mediterranea, 24: 273-91.
La Cour L.F. (1978) Two types of constitutive heterochromatin in the chromosomes of some Fritillaria species. Chromosoma, 67: 67–75.
La Cour L.F. (1978a). Notes and comments Differential giemsa staining of B chromosomes of Fritillaria tenella. Heredity, 41(1): 101–03.
Levan A., Fredga K., Sandberg A.A. (1964). Nomenclature for centromeric position on chromosomes. Hereditas, 52: 201–20.
Meng Y., Sun H., Yang Y.P., Nie Z.L. (2010) Polyploidy and new chromosome counts in Anaphalis (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (1): 58–64.
Mosaddegh M., Naghibi F., Moazzeni H., Pirani A., Esmaeili S. (2012) Ethnobotanical survey of herbal remedies traditionally used in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad province of Iran. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 141: 80– 95.Noda S. (1975) Achiasmate meiosis in the Fritillaria Japonica group I. Different modes of bivalent formation in The two sex mother cells. Heredity, 34 (3): 373– 80.
Özhatay N. (1984) Cytotaxonomic studies on the genus Allium in European Turkey and Istanbul II, section Codonoprasum. Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Istanbul University, 20: 29–42.
Özhatay N. (2002) Diversity of bulbous monocots in Turkey with special reference. Chromosome numbers. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 74(4): 547–55.
Özhatay N. (2000) Fritillaria L. In: Güner A, Özhatay N, Ekim T, Başer KHC. editors. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 11: 243–46. Edinburgh University Press.
Özhatay N. and Kültür S. (2006) Check-list of additional taxa to the Supplement Flora of Turkey III. Turkish Journal of Botany, 30: 281–316.
Özhatay N., Kültür S. and Aslan S. (2009) Check-list of additional taxa to the Supplement Flora of Turkey IV. Turkish Journal of Botany, 33: 191–226.
Özhatay N., Kultur Ş., Gurdal B. (2011) Check- list of additional taxa to the supplement Flora of Turkey V. Turkish Journal of Botany, 35: 589–624.
Özler H. and Pehlivan S. (2007) Comparison of pollen morphological structures of some taxa belonging to Asparagus L. and Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) from Turkey. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 36: 111– 20.
Peruzzi L., Leitch I.J., Caparelli K.F. (2009) Chromosome diversity and evolution in Liliaceae. Annals of Botany, 103: 459–75.
Rix M., Frank E. and Webster G. (2001) Fritillaria: A Revised Classi cation: Together with an Updated List of Species. The Fritillaria Group of the Alpine Garden Society.
Rix E.M. (1984) Fritillaria L. In: Davis PH. Editor. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. 8: 284–302.
Edinburgh University Press.Rokaya M.B., Münzbergovà Z. and Timsina B. (2010) Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants from the Humla district of western Nepal. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 130: 485–504.
Rønsted N., Law S., Thornton H., Fay M.F. and Chase M.W. (2005) Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classi cation of Fritillaria. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 35: 509–27.
Schneider J.V. and Huertas M.L. (2010) Karyoptype analysis and polyploidi in palaua and a comparison with its sister group Fuertesimalva (Malvaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (3): 175–82.
Tekşen M. and Aytaç Z. (2008) Fritillaria mughlae (Liliaceae), a new species from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici, 45: 141–47.
Tekşen M. and Aytaç Z. (2011) The revision of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in the Mediterranean region (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Botany, 35: 447-78.
Tekşen M. Aytaç Z. Pınar N.M. (2010) Pollen morphology of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany, 34: 397–416.
Türktaş M. Aslay M. Kaya E. Ertuğrul F. (2012) Molecular characterization of phylogeneticrelationships in Fritillaria species inferred from chloroplast trnL- trnF sequences. Turkish Journal of Biology, 36: 552–60.
Wang D. Wang S. Chen X. Xu X., Zhu J., Nie L., Long X. (2012) Antitussive, expectorant and anti-in ammatory activities of four alkaloids isolated from Bulbus of Fritillaria wabuensis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 139: 189–93.
Yang Z.D., Duan D.Z. (2012) A new alkaloid from Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim. Fitoterapia, 83: 137–41.
Yu F., Kress W.J., Gao J.Y. (2010) Morphology, distribution, and chromosome counts of two varieties of Hedychium villosum (Zingiberaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (5): 344-49.Zonneveld B.J.M. (2010) New Record Holders for Maximum Genome Size in Eudicots and Monocots. Journal of Botany, doi:10.1155/2010/527357.
Alan S. (2008) An endemic species in Turkey; Morphological and anatomical investigation on Fritillaria eischeriana Steudel & Hochst. ex Schultes & Schultes l. (Liliaceae). Ot Sistematik Botanik Dergisi, 15(2): 115–24.
Aquaro G. Peruzzi L. Cesca G. (2007) Chromosome numbers of 20 owering plants from ex-Yugoslav countries. Bocconea, 21: 303–12.
Başak N. (1991) The genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in European Turkey. Botanika Chronika, 10: 841-44.
Bakshi-Khaniki G. and Persson K. (1997) Nectary morphology in South West Asia Fritillaria (Liliaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 17: 579–611.
Chatterjee A. (1971) Cytogenetical investigation on a few Himalayan species of Fritillaria. J. Cytology and Genetics, 6: 117–22.
Chase M.W. and Reveal J.L. (2009) A phylogenetic classi cation of the land plants to accompany APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161: 122– 27.
Davis P.H. Mill R.R. and Tan K. (1988) Flora of Turkey and The East Aegean Islands. 10: 390–91. Edinburgh University Press.
IPCN (2014). Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers, Missouri Botanical Garden project [online]. Available from http:// www.tropicos.org/Project/IPCN [accessed 10 March 2015].
Jojić V. Blagojević J., Ivanović A., Bugarski- Stanojević V. and Vujošić M. (2007) Morphological Integration of the Mandible in Yellow-Necked Field Mice: The Effects of B Chromosomes. The Journal of Mammalogy, 88(3): 689–95.
Jussieu A.L. (1789) Genera Plantarum. Vol 2. Paris: p. 48.
Kamari G. (1991) The genus Fritillaria L. in Greece: Taxonomy And Karyology. Botanika Chronika, 10: 253–70.
Kamari G. and Phitos D. (2006) Karyosystematic study of Fritillaria messanensis s.l. (Liliaceae). Willdenowia, 36: 217–33.
Kang D. Hyuncheol O. Dong-Ki C. Eui-K, Jong-Hyun H. and Ho-Sub L. (2002) Effects of bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis maxim. on angiotensin converting enzyme and vascular release of NO/cGMP in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 81: 49– 55.
Kang D., Sohna E.J., Lee Y.M., Lee A.S., Hana J.H., Kimb T.Y., Lee H.S. (2004) Effects of bulbus Fritillaria water extract on blood pressure and renal functions in the L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 91: 51– 6.
Khanki G.B. (2002) Chromosome number of Fritillaria subgenera Petilium and Theresia (Liliaceae). Nucleus (Calcutta), 45(1, 2): 6–11.
Koçyiğit M., Özhatay N., Rastgeldi, U. and Kaya, E. (2014) Reports (1826-1836): In; G. Kamari G., Blanché C. & Siljak- Yakovlev S. (ed.), Mediterranean chromosome number reports – 24. Flora Mediterranea, 24: 273-91.
La Cour L.F. (1978) Two types of constitutive heterochromatin in the chromosomes of some Fritillaria species. Chromosoma, 67: 67–75.
La Cour L.F. (1978a). Notes and comments Differential giemsa staining of B chromosomes of Fritillaria tenella. Heredity, 41(1): 101–03.
Levan A., Fredga K., Sandberg A.A. (1964). Nomenclature for centromeric position on chromosomes. Hereditas, 52: 201–20.
Meng Y., Sun H., Yang Y.P., Nie Z.L. (2010) Polyploidy and new chromosome counts in Anaphalis (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (1): 58–64.
Mosaddegh M., Naghibi F., Moazzeni H., Pirani A., Esmaeili S. (2012) Ethnobotanical survey of herbal remedies traditionally used in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad province of Iran. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 141: 80– 95.Noda S. (1975) Achiasmate meiosis in the Fritillaria Japonica group I. Different modes of bivalent formation in The two sex mother cells. Heredity, 34 (3): 373– 80.
Özhatay N. (1984) Cytotaxonomic studies on the genus Allium in European Turkey and Istanbul II, section Codonoprasum. Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Istanbul University, 20: 29–42.
Özhatay N. (2002) Diversity of bulbous monocots in Turkey with special reference. Chromosome numbers. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 74(4): 547–55.
Özhatay N. (2000) Fritillaria L. In: Güner A, Özhatay N, Ekim T, Başer KHC. editors. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 11: 243–46. Edinburgh University Press.
Özhatay N. and Kültür S. (2006) Check-list of additional taxa to the Supplement Flora of Turkey III. Turkish Journal of Botany, 30: 281–316.
Özhatay N., Kültür S. and Aslan S. (2009) Check-list of additional taxa to the Supplement Flora of Turkey IV. Turkish Journal of Botany, 33: 191–226.
Özhatay N., Kultur Ş., Gurdal B. (2011) Check- list of additional taxa to the supplement Flora of Turkey V. Turkish Journal of Botany, 35: 589–624.
Özler H. and Pehlivan S. (2007) Comparison of pollen morphological structures of some taxa belonging to Asparagus L. and Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) from Turkey. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 36: 111– 20.
Peruzzi L., Leitch I.J., Caparelli K.F. (2009) Chromosome diversity and evolution in Liliaceae. Annals of Botany, 103: 459–75.
Rix M., Frank E. and Webster G. (2001) Fritillaria: A Revised Classi cation: Together with an Updated List of Species. The Fritillaria Group of the Alpine Garden Society.
Rix E.M. (1984) Fritillaria L. In: Davis PH. Editor. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. 8: 284–302.
Edinburgh University Press.Rokaya M.B., Münzbergovà Z. and Timsina B. (2010) Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants from the Humla district of western Nepal. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 130: 485–504.
Rønsted N., Law S., Thornton H., Fay M.F. and Chase M.W. (2005) Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classi cation of Fritillaria. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 35: 509–27.
Schneider J.V. and Huertas M.L. (2010) Karyoptype analysis and polyploidi in palaua and a comparison with its sister group Fuertesimalva (Malvaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (3): 175–82.
Tekşen M. and Aytaç Z. (2008) Fritillaria mughlae (Liliaceae), a new species from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici, 45: 141–47.
Tekşen M. and Aytaç Z. (2011) The revision of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in the Mediterranean region (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Botany, 35: 447-78.
Tekşen M. Aytaç Z. Pınar N.M. (2010) Pollen morphology of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany, 34: 397–416.
Türktaş M. Aslay M. Kaya E. Ertuğrul F. (2012) Molecular characterization of phylogeneticrelationships in Fritillaria species inferred from chloroplast trnL- trnF sequences. Turkish Journal of Biology, 36: 552–60.
Wang D. Wang S. Chen X. Xu X., Zhu J., Nie L., Long X. (2012) Antitussive, expectorant and anti-in ammatory activities of four alkaloids isolated from Bulbus of Fritillaria wabuensis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 139: 189–93.
Yang Z.D., Duan D.Z. (2012) A new alkaloid from Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim. Fitoterapia, 83: 137–41.
Yu F., Kress W.J., Gao J.Y. (2010) Morphology, distribution, and chromosome counts of two varieties of Hedychium villosum (Zingiberaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 48 (5): 344-49.Zonneveld B.J.M. (2010) New Record Holders for Maximum Genome Size in Eudicots and Monocots. Journal of Botany, doi:10.1155/2010/527357.