Open AccessA new species of Centaurea L. subgen. Cyanus Mill. (Asteraceae) from Turkey
Author(s) -
Emrah Şirin,
Hasan Yıldırım,
Tuna Uysal,
Kuddisi Ertuğrul
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
botanica serbica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1821-2158
pISSN - 1821-2638
DOI - 10.2298/botserb2101013s
Subject(s) - centaurea , achene , rosette (schizont appearance) , asteraceae , appendage , botany , biology , chromosome number , chromosome , ecology , karyotype , biochemistry , gene , immunology
Here we describe Centaurea hekimhanensis, a new species found in Hekimhan (Turkey, Malatya Province). This Centaurea grows on the stony-gravel mountain slopes of Yamada? and is morphologically similar to C. reuteriana, C. bourgaei, and C. pichleri in terms of their flowering lateral stem at the base of the rosette, but differs regarding the shape of the stem and rosette leaves, and the size of the rosette leaves and median appendages; the achene ornamentation is irregularly sulcate. The chromosome number of the new species is 2n = 20.