Open AccessA new species of Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae) from Ankara, Turkey
Author(s) -
DOĞAN MUSA,
AKAYDIN GALIİP
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00095.x
Subject(s) - biology , key (lock) , botany , conservation status , ecology , habitat
Acantholimon anatolicumDogan & Akaydın sp. nov. (Plumbaginaceae) is described and illustrated. The species grows on deep gypsum‐rich sandy soil on eroded mountain slopes between Çayırhan and Nallıhan in Ankara. Diagnostic morphological characters that discern it from closely related species are discussed and its conservation status is indicated. A revised key to Acantholimon species with ± dense terminal spikes and excurrent scapes is given for the species found in Turkey. (c)The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 140 , 443–448.