Centaurea kirikkalensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Turkey

ÖZBEK M. U.

NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol.39, no.7, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/njb.03235
  • Journal Name: NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Geobase, Veterinary Science Database
  • Keywords: Centaurea, Compositae, endemic, morphology, new species, taxonomy, J. GAY ASTERACEAE, L. ASTERACEAE, POLLEN MORPHOLOGY, CYANUS MILL., ACHENE CHARACTERISTICS, PSEPHELLUS CASS., ANATOLIA, CARDUEAE, COMPOSITAE, FEATURES
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new species, Centaurea kirikkalensis from the Kirikkale Province of Turkey is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to C. nallihanensis and C. drabifolia subsp. floccosa from which it differs mainly in the indumentum of stem and leaves, shape of involucre and appendages and pappus features. Detailed diagnostic characters, descriptions, taxonomic comments, ecology, IUCN conservation status, pollen and achene morphologies are given and the geographical distribution of the new species and its allied taxa is mapped.