Open AccessA new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from east Anatolia, Turkey
Author(s) -
TUGAY OSMAN,
ERTUĞRUL KUDDISI
Publication year - 2008
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.1095-8339.2007.00765.x
Subject(s) - silene , caryophyllaceae , biology , botany , habit , psychology , psychotherapist
Silene bitlisensisO.Tugay & Ertugrul from the Green Line Afforestation Zone (B9: Bitlis Province) is a new species described and illustrated here. It is closely related to S. caramanica Boiss. & Heldr. var. ilarslanii Aytaç & Dural, from which it mainly differs in its habit, leaf, and floral features. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2008, 156 , 463–466.