%0 Journal Article %T Comparative Anatomical Studies of Some Genera of Lamiaceae Family in West Azarbaijan in Iran %A Ali Asghar Hatamneia %A Masoud Khayami %A Ahmad Mahmudzadeh %A Siavash Hosseini Sarghein %A Mahnaz Heidarih %J Botany Research Journal %D 2011 %I %X The Lamiaceae family including 220 genera and 4000 species. This family has an important role as a source of medicinal and aromatic plants of commercial important. The objective of this study, is to provide a detailed description of the leaf, stem and petiole anatomy in 8 genus (Ballota, dracocephalum, lycopus, marrubium, nepeta, ocimum, scutellaria and ziziphora ) of Lamiaceae family in West Azarbaijan in Iran. The light microscope images of investigated taxa are presented for comparison. %U http://www.medwellonline.net/abstract/?doi=brj.2008.63.67