Open AccessA new subspecies of Astragalus (Section Caprini DC. Fabaceae) from Turkey
Author(s) -
AKPULAT H. ASKIN,
ÇELİK NECATİ
Publication year - 2007
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.1095-8339.2007.00686.x
Subject(s) - subspecies , biology , fabaceae , iucn red list , astragalus , near threatened species , section (typography) , botany , threatened species , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , habitat , medicine , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , pathology , advertising , business
A new record of Astragalus pinetorum Boiss. in Turkey is described as a new subspecies, A. pinetorum Boiss. ssp. multifoliatus Akpulat & Çelik. The diagnostic characters, description, detailed illustrations, and taxonomic comments are presented. Its characteristics are compared with those of the three related subspecies of A. pinetorum . The geographical distribution of A. pinetorum ssp. multifoliatus is mapped. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) threatened category and observations on the population are noted. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 155 , 227–230.