Bazı Vasküler Bitkilerin Yaprak Damar Ağının Karşılaştırılması.

In this research, the vein architecture of leaves belonging to 14 plant species having different morphological features were comparatively analyzed. Plant leaf samples were collected from various localities in Samsun province and were dried. The vein patterns were analyzed by applying a clearing and staining process to dried leaves. Significant differences were determined across the leaves of the studied species in terms of characters such as leaf perimeter and area, no of nodes and edges, total network length and total network area, mean length, mean width, mean 2D and 3D surface areas and mean volume of the edges. When the clearing and staining stages are applied carefully, the morphometric properties of the vascularization may provide reliable characters that will contribute to the research in many fields such as systematic, physiology and ecology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]