<strong>A new section of <em>Silene</em> (Caryophyllaceae) including a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey </strong>

Zeynep Aydin; Alaattin Selçuk Ertekin; Elisabeth Långström; Bengt Oxelman

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.2

Issue: Vol. 178 No. 2: 12 September 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-09-12

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.178.2.2

Page range: 98–112

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**A new section of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) including a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey**

Zeynep Aydin⁺⁻
Alaattin Selçuk Ertekin⁺⁻
Elisabeth Långström⁺⁻
Bengt Oxelman⁺⁻

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Dicle, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey

Biology Education Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyv 14, SE-752 36, Sweden

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

Section Atocion Silene ertekinii S. cryptoneura S. salamandra S. insularis taxonomy

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Abstract

Silene section Cryptoneurae (Caryophyllaceae) and S. ertekinii from Western Antalya, Turkey, are described as new taxa on the basis of morphological and molecular investigations. Nuclear ITS and chloroplast rps16 DNA sequences clearly support the recognition of the new section. Inclusiveness and characterization of the new section is discussed and described, and a key for the included species is provided. Diagnostic characters of the new species S. ertekinii are given and its relation to the other species of the section is discussed.