Open AccessOne new and one emended species of Bellevalia (Hyacinthaceae) from Turkey
Author(s) -
PERSSON K.
Publication year - 2006
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.1095-8339.2006.00470.x
Subject(s) - biology , biological dispersal , botany , taxonomy (biology) , chromosome number , chromosome , karyotype , population , biochemistry , demography , sociology , gene
Bellevalia leucanthaK. Perss. sp. nov. is described from Turkey, where it was collected in the east central part of Anatolia. It is a dwarf alpine species, flowering near melting snow. The chromosome number is 2 n = 8. The peculiar Bellevalia crassa Wendelbo, which was originally described on fruiting material, has flowered in cultivation in Göteborg. A description of the species in flower is supplied, and its synaptospermic fruit dispersal is discussed and compared with species in the same and other genera. The chromosome number is 2 n = 8. Both species are placed in section Bellevalia . © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2006, 150 , 253–260.