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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-15
Page range: 209–217
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Bellevalia pseudolongipes sp. nov. (Asparagaceae): a new species from southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Gazi University, Polatlı Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 06900, Polatlı-Ankara, Turkey
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35100, Bornova-Izmir
Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biotechnology, 42090, Meram-Konya, Turkey
taxonomy chromosome number Hyacintheae Scilloideae Siirt

Abstract

Bellevalia pseudolongipes (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Siirt province in South Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description and detailed illustrations are provided. It is morphologically similar to B. longipes but easily differs in both several morphological characters and chromosome number. The somatic chromosome number was determined as 2n = 12 in B. pseudolongipes.