| II. Exploration Results of the BMUK 1959, II. Some aspects regarding the collected materials of Triticum and Aegilops from the eastern Mediterranean countries. II.* K. YAMASHITA and M. TANAKA Biological Laboratory and Laboratory of Genetics Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 6. Section Comopyrum of Aegilops from Turkey and Greece In the section Comopyrum are involved diploid species of Aegilops, namely comosa (genome symbol MM), Heldreichii (genome symbol MM) and uniaristata (genome symbol (MuMu). Among these, the latter two species were collected. Ae. Heldreichii occurred in many habitats, while Ae. uniaristata in only one (Table 10). Ae. Heldreichii (Holz.) Eig var. subventricosa Boiss. was collected in a habitat of 65 km W of Izmit, Turkey, and also in the ruins of Olympia and on the hill side of Drova in the village of Olympia, Greece. The Drova hill was covered by a mixed very rich vegetation of Aegilops; namely Ae. caudata, Ae. Heldreichii, Ae. triaristata and Ae. triuncialis occurred in a common population . It was usual to see the flocks of sheep graze Aegilops everywhere, which hurted the feeling of the Aegilops hunters, but there were no trace of damage by grazing. This was supposedly because of the moral code of shepherds to keep their sheep away from the historic spots. In the ruins of Olympia, Aegilops occurred abundantly too. The wild vegetations of Aegilops are thus preserved together with the historic remains. A few plants of Ae uniaristata Vis. were also found mixed in the population of Ae. Heldreichii in the ruins of Olympia. In Crete Island, specimens of Ae. Heldreichii were collected along the highway from Chania to Souda. They were identified as var. biaristata. Ae. comosa Sibth. et Sm. was not found. |
| * Contributions of the BMUK 1959, No. 3. |
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