Collection of the seeds of the endemic Centaurea consanguinea plant from the nature for in vitro tissue culture studies.
Project no. 21406 · Status: Kapanmış · 2019
Summary
Digitalis lamarckii Ivan is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae, spreading in the Black Sea region/Turkey. According to the Turkey Red Data List, the species is placed in "Least Concern (LC)" or "endangered" categoryç Like 22 other species belonging to the Digitalis genus, this species is of medical importance because it is rich in cardiac glycosides used in the treatment of various heart diseases. In our study, as a result of the field studies carried out in Amasya for the purpose of collecting seeds between 22.062020 - 26.06.2020, it was determined that the locality was degraded and therefore the plant was not found. Therefore, the seed could not be collected.