Open AccessA new species of Nigella (Ranunculaceae) from Turkey
Author(s) -
DÖNMEZ ALİA.,
MUTLU BİROL
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00325.x
Subject(s) - iucn red list , ranunculaceae , biology , threatened species , taxon , nigella sativa , near threatened species , endemism , conservation status , iucn protected area categories , botany , ecology , zoology , traditional medicine , habitat , medicine
Nigella turcicaa new species endemic to north‐eastern Turkey is described and illustrated. Morphological differences between the species and the closely related species, N. sativa , are discussed and the IUCN threatened category is proposed. A distribution map of the new species and its related taxon is given. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2004, 146 , 251–255.