SEVERAL HISTO-ANATOMICAL ASPECTS ON THE RHIZOME STRUCTURE IN RHODIOLA ROSEA L.
DANIEL-IOAN MAFTEI(1), DIANA-ELENA MAFTEI(2)
1. ”Ion Borcea” Natural Sciences Museum Complex of Bacău, e-mail: daniel_ioan_maftei@yahoo.com; 2. ”Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Faculty of Science, e-mail: diana.maftei@ub.ro;
Abstract
Rhodiola rosea L., known as the golden root or the rose root due to the rose scent of its freshly sectioned rhizomes, or the arctic root, is a dioic perennial herbaceous species with a thick rhizome, belonging to the Crassulaceae family. It was thoroughly studied from the pharmaceutical viewpoint, though the histo-anatomical studies are extremely scarce. As a consequence, this species was not described within the botanical treaties on the anatomy of the dicotyledons, or in other recent scientific papers.