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Issue: Vol. 295 No. 3: 10 February 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.6
Page range: 255–262
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Glaucium alakirensis (Papaveraceae), a new species from Southern Anatolia, Turkey

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Celal Bayar University, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey
Department of Biology, Graduate School of Applied and Natural Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Celal Bayar University, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Glaucium new species taxonomy Turkey Magnoliids

Abstract

Glaucium alakirensis, a small cushion forming perennial from South Anatolia, is described and compared with related species (G. leiocarpum, G. secmenii). The chorology and ecology of the new species and its relatives are discussed. The IUCN threat category Critically Endangered is suggested.