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Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-13
Page range: 224–230
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Three new species of Paronychia (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Bozok University, 66200, Yozgat, Turkey
Deptartment of Elementary Education, Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi Univ., TR-06500 Ankara, Turkey
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 61200, Trabzon, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 61200, Trabzon, TURKEY
endemism molecular data morphology new taxon Paronychia Eudicots

Abstract

On the basis of both morphological and molecular data, three new species belonging to the genus Paronychia were described from Turkey: P. aksoyii (from Tortum, Erzurum) which is related to P. saxatilis, P. kocii (from Kelkit, Erzincan) which is related to P. turcica, and P. davrazensis (from Isparta) which is related to P. pontica. Morpholgy, notes on ecology, conservation status and distribution maps are provided for each new species, as well as a morphological comparison with the related taxa is given.