Anatomical comparative study of leaf from the some genus Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) in Iraq of

Abstract

The present work comprises comparative anatomical study of Leaf from the some species that related to different genus of Brassicaceae in Iraq, the following species:- Brassica oleracea Var. botrytis L. & B. oleracea Var. capitata L. & Lepidium sativum L. & Mattholia incana R. Br. & Raphanus sativus L. the epidermal characteristics of leaves. It was clear that, the stomatal type were found to be paracytic and anisocytic type. Amphistomatic and hypostomatic were also found . Some of anatomical characters in leaf epidermal with their taxonomic importance of each character and its variation were discussed. Results showed that their characters have an important features for recognizing isolated species