Mladenova, TsvetelinaNaimov, SamirApostolova, ElenaStoyanov, PlamenMladenov, RumenBivolarska, AneliaRaycheva, TsvetankaGyuzeleva, DonikaPechanska, AdrianaBalabanova, RadaKuzdova, DemetraTodorov, Krasimir2025-05-142025-05-142025-05-081313-9940https://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/611The volume and number of taxa within the genus Micromeria have changed over the past decades based on several molecular genetic studies. In the Bulgarian flora, no revision has been conducted, and the boundaries of the genus remain unclear. Molecular studies have shown that members of the section Pseudomelissa within the genus Micromeria are more closely related to the genus Clinopodium than to the typical section Micromeria. In the present study, anatomical investigations of the leaf epidermis were carried out, and the molecular genetic structure of Micromeria dalmatica was determined. Its phylogenetic relationship with Clinopodium vulgare was established based on sequences in the ITS1 and tRNA-Leu regionsenMicromeria dalmaticaClinopodium vulgareleaf epidermisBulgariatRNAleuITS1 regionArticle