Salvia hasankeyfense (Lamiaceae), a new species from Hasankeyf (Batman, South-eastern Turkey)

Celep F., DİRMENCİ T., Guner O.

PHYTOTAXA, vol.227, no.3, pp.289-294, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 227 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.11646/phytotaxa.227.3.9
  • Journal Name: PHYTOTAXA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.289-294
  • Keywords: endemic flora, Lamiaceae, Salvia sect. Plethiosphace, taxonomy, EVOLUTION
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The new species Salvia hasankeyfense (Lamiaceae) is here described and illustrated. It is confined to Hasankeyf ancient city, Batman, in South-eastern Turkey where it grows in rocky cracks. It is distinguished from the morphologically similar Salvia verbenaca by chiefly basal and stem leaf shape, size and indumentum, stem indumentum, and corolla colour. IUCN red list category, distribution map, notes on biogeography and ecology of the new species are also given.