REVIEW OF SOME USEFUL METHODS IN TAXONOMICAL INTERPRETATION OF DIFFICULT TAXA OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS. CASE: THYMUS L.

Abstract

To evaluate the significance of some well accepted methods in taxonomic evidence of botanically complicated taxa of medicinal plants, a number of populations of thyme species was studied in their morphological and anatomical traits, as well as in analyses in histo-chemistry, the main components of essential oils and molecular markers. Results confirmed a high variability in all tested characters, suggesting existence of morpho- and chemotypes.

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