Derya Mete,^* Aydan Acar Şahinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5350-5534,^**,*** Ergin Hamzaoğlu,^**** Nur Münevver Pinar<sup>*****


*</sup>DERYA METE graduated in biological sciences from Ankara University, Turkey (2012). She has a master's degree (2014) and PhD (2019) in botanical sciences, also from Ankara University. She currently works as a biology teacher at a high school in Ankara city. She has experience in the areas of education and botany, working on the palynology and plant anatomy of the families Caryophyllaceae and Salicaceae.
^**CONTACT Aydan Acar Şahin aydanacar24@gmail.com Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
^***AYDAN ACAR ŞAHİN graduated in biological sciences from Hacettepe University (2010). She has a master's degree (2013) and PhD (2019) in botanical sciences from Ankara University, Turkey, and is currently working as a research assistant in the same university. She has experience in the areas of palynology and aerobiology, working especially on allergenic pollen morphologies and airborne pollen concentrations of Betulaceae, Asteraceae and Poaceae species.
^****ERGIN HAMZAOĞLU is a professor in the Department of Elementary Education, Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi University. He received a BSc degree in life sciences from the Education Faculty and MSc and PhD degrees in botanical sciences from Gazi University, Turkey. He specializes in vegetation ecology and plant systematics, mainly in the following subjects: steppe vegetation and plant taxonomy of families such as Caryophyllaceae, Asteraceae, Apiaceae and Rosaceae.
^*****NUR MÜNEVVER PINAR is a professor in the Department of Biology at Ankara University. She received her BSc degree from Hacettepe University. She has master's and PhD degrees in botanical sciences from Ankara University, Turkey. She has experience in the areas of palynology, plant morphology, plant anatomy and aeropalynology. She specializes in the current palynology of many plant families, such as Asteraceae, Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Grossulariaceae and Salicaceae.