Karyomorphological Analysis of Eight <i>Allium</i> L. (Amaryllidaceae) Species from Turkey

The chromosome numbers and karyotypes of eight species the genus Allium distributed in Turkey were analyzed. These taxa are A. armerioides Boiss., orientale stamineum tuncelianum (Kollmann) Özhatay, B.Mathew & Şiraneci, subakaka Razyfard Zarre, muratozelii Armağan, dumanii Koyuncu Koçyiğit colchicifolium Boiss. Four them (A. armerioides, tuncelianum, dumanii) endemic Turkey. all studied determined as 2n=2x=16, while had number 2n=2x=16+2B. A basic x=8 was confirmed for investigated species. Haploid lengths varied from 91.48 µm armerioides) to 176.16 colchicifolium) among Karyotype analysis indicated that generally symmetrical, consisting metacentric submetacentric pairs. Only has subtelocentric chromosomes. Satellites observed three species; subakaka, armerioides. first time this study.