The Karyomorphology of Allium hirtifolium Bioss., a Less Known Edible Species from Iran

Allium hirtifolium is endemic to iran and grows as a wild species in the zagross mountains. this plant is edible and has important medicinal properties; however, there is little information about it. in the present study, a. hirtifolium was studied cytogenetically through both a routine and a differential staining (c-banding) method. the results indicated that a. hirtifolium is a diploid (2n=2x=16) species with predominantly metacentric chromosomes and a symmetric karyotype. each of two chromosome pairs, vi and viii, contained a secondary constriction and a small satellite. a. hirtifolium had little heterochromatin in their chromosomes. unlike most other allium species, there was no telomeric c-positive band.