Abstract
Acantholimon akaydinii, from Darende district of Malatya Province in eastern Anatolia (Turkey) is described as a new species based on morphological evidence. It resembles the recently described A. ibrahimii but can be readily distinguished by several morphological characters including longer, much-branched scapes and paniculate inflorescence, shorter scales, shorter spikelets, shorter calyx, and pink petals, among others. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description, a revised key to the Turkish Acantholimon species of A. sect. Staticopsis with laxly distichous spikes, and scape much longer than leaves, as well as detailed illustrations are provided. Furthermore, the IUCN Red List category of the new species is assessed as Critically Endangered (CR) due to its limited distribution and true agricultural pressure.
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Y?ld?r?m, H. (2015a) Muscari atillae (Asparagaceae): a new species from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 213 (3): 291–295. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.9
Y?ld?r?m, H. (2015b) Parietaria semispeluncaria (Urticaceae), a new species from eastern Turkey. Phytotaxa 226 (3): 281–287. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.9
Akayd?n, G. & Crespo, M.B. (2018) Acantholimon davisii (Plumbaginaceae), a new specific name for the Turkish endemic A. caryophyllaceum subsp. parviflorum. Phytotaxa 334: 80–82. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.13
Ba?c?, Y., Do?u, S. & Akayd?n, G. (2009) Acantholimon doganii sp. nov. (Plumbaginaceae) with persistent circinnate leaf bases, a new species from Turkey. Nordic Journal of Botany 27: 228–231. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2008.00390.x
Bokhari, M.H. & Edmondson, J.R. (1982) Acantholimon Boiss. In: Davis, P.H. (Ed.) Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 7. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 478–502.
Boissier, E. (1842) Plantae aucherianae orientales enumeratae, cum novarum specierum descriptione. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Botanique, Sér. 2 17: 150–205.
Boissier, E. (1846) Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum, 2 (7–13). Apud B. Herrmann.
Boissier, E. (1879) Flora Orientalis, 4 (2). H. Georg, Genevae, pp. 823–854.
Bunge, A. (1872) Die Gattung Acantholimon Boiss. [Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, ser. VII, 18 (1)]. Commissionaries de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences, St.-Pétersbourg, 72 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41374
Davis, P.H. (1971) Distribution patterns in Anatolia with particular reference to endemism. In: Davis, P.H., Harper, P.C. & Hedge, I.C. (Eds.) Plant Life of South-West Asia. Edinburgh: Botanical Society of Edinburgh. pp. 15–27.
Do?an, M. & Akaydin, G. (2007) Synopsis of Turkish Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London 154: 397–419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00663.x
Ekim, T. & Güner, A. (1986) The Anatolian diagonal: fact or fiction? Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B, Biological Sciences 89: 69–77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269727000008915
Ek?i, G. & Y?ld?r?m, H. (2019) Allium yamadagensis (Amaryllidaceae) a new species from Turkey. Phytotaxa 400: 31–36. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.400.1.4
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??ci, B.K., Körüklü, S.T. & Aytaç, Z. (2017) Acantholimon gemicianum (Plumbaginaceae), a new species from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici 54: 83–88. https://doi.org/10.5735/085.054.0312
Karaku?, ?. (2016) Malatya ?li Floras?, ?nönü Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü. Ph. D Thesis [in Turkish], 383 pp.
Karaku?, ?. & Mutlu, B. (2019) Allium dönmezii, a new species of Allium sect. Melanocrommyum (Amaryllidaceae) from Turkey: morphological and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa 411 (3): 194–204. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.411.3.3
Kültür, ?., Bona, M. & Nath, E.Ö. (2016) A new species of Centaurea (Asteraceae) from East Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 247: 85–91. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.247.1.6
Linczevski, I.A. (1952) Acantholimon Boiss. In: Shishkin, B.K. & Bobrov, E.G. (Eds.) Flora SSSR, vol. 18. Botanicheski Institut L.V. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad, pp. 301–372 [Translated into English in 1967 by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, pp. 221–275].
Mobayen, S. (1964) Revision taxonomique du genre Acantholimon. Imprimèrie Économiste, Téhéran, 336 pp.
Mutlu, B. & Karaku?, ?. (2012) A new species of Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae) from East Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 36: 125–133. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1404-28
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Muvaffak, A., Dogan, M. & Bilgin, C.C. (2001) A numerical taxonomic study of the genus Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae) in Ankara Province (Turkey). Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 49: 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1560/RBTG-HDDJ-MQMU-J3LQ
Özüdo?ru, B. & Mummenhoff, K. (2020) Phylogenetic and biogeographical history confirm the Anatolian origin of Bornmuellera (Brassicaceae) and clade divergence between Anatolia and the Balkans in the Plio-Pleistocene transition. Turkish Journal of Botany 44: 593–603. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-2007-42
Özüdo?ru, B, Özgi?i, K., Perkta?, U. & Gür, H. (2020) The Quaternary range dynamics of Noccaea iberidea (Brassicaceae) as a typical representative of subalpine/alpine steppe communities of Anatolian mountains. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 986–1001. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa147
Özüdo?ru, B., Karacao?lu, Ç., Akayd?n, G., Erik, S., Mummenhoff, K. & Sa?lam, ?.K. (2021) Ecological specialization promotes diversity and diversification in the Eastern Mediterranean genus Ricotia (Brassicaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. [13 pp] https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12749
Özüdo?ru, B., Y?ld?r?m, H. (2019) Heldreichia bupleurifolia subsp. malatyana (Brassicaceae): A new Subspecies from Eastern Anatolia. Ba?bahçe Bilim Dergisi 6 (3): 1–8.
Rechinger, K.H. & Schiman-Czeika, H. (1974) Flora Iranica: Plumbaginaceae, vol. 108. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz,158 pp.
Thiers, B. (2017) [continuously updated] Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/ (accessed 20 October 2021)
Ye?il, Y., Y?ld?r?m, H. & Akal?n, E. (2017) Pimpinella enguezekensis (Apiaceae), a new species from East Anatolia Region (Turkey). Phytotaxa 289 (3): 237–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.289.3.3
Y?ld?r?m, H. & ?enol, S.G. (2014a) Campanula alisan-kilincii (Campanulaceae), a new species from eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 38: 22–30. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1302-17
Y?ld?r?m, H. & ?enol, S.G. (2014b) Alkanna malatyana (Boraginaceae), a new species from East Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 164: 124–132. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.6
Y?ld?r?m, H. & ?enol, S.G (2014) Reseda malatyana (Resedaceae), a new chasmophytic species from eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 38: 1013–1021. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1311-19
Y?ld?r?m, H. & Crespo, M.B. (2014) Acantholimon riyatguelii (Plumbaginaceae), a threatened new unarmed species from Central Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 175: 73–84. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.175.2.2
Y?ld?r?m, H. (2015a) Muscari atillae (Asparagaceae): a new species from Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 213 (3): 291–295. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.9
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