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Issue: Vol. 770 No. 2: 19 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.770.2.2
Page range: 78-96
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Bilacunaria konyaensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Anatolia, Turkey

Emeritus Professor; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Selçuk University; 42075; Konya; Turkey
Department of Higher Plants; Faculty of Biology; Lomonosov Moscow State University; 1–12 Leninskie Gory; 119234; Moscow; Russia
Department of Evolutionary Biochemistry; Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology; Lomonosov Moscow State University; 1–40 Leninskie Gory; 119234; Moscow; Russia
Eudicots Bilacunaria taxonomy carpology nrITS phylogeny Umbelliferae

Abstract

Bilacunaria konyaensis (Apiaceae) is described as a new species from Anatolia, Turkey. The species grows on serpentine soil and open Pinus nigra forests in the Meram and Hadim districts of Konya province. The taxonomic affinities of the new species were determined by analyzing morphological data and through a molecular phylogenetic study of nrITS/ETS sequences. The new species is morphologically and genetically related to Bilacunaria aksekiensis and B. anatolica—both species with distribution in Anatolia—but differs from them mainly in its indumentum, stem height, basal leaf and terminal segment characters, number and length of umbel rays, and flower number, as well as in its bract, bracteole, pedicel, petal, fruit, style, and stylopodium features. Additionally, the fruit’s anatomical structure is described, and the new species’ diagnostic morphological characters are discussed. Furthermore, the geographical distribution of the new species and the related taxa, B. aksekiensis and B. anatolica, is mapped. The work provides also information on its habitat, ecology, phenology, its conservation status, and an identification key for Bilacunaria species of Turkey.

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How to Cite

Duran, A., Lyskov, D. & Samigullin, T. (2026) Bilacunaria konyaensis (Apiaceae), a new species from Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa 770 (2): 78–96. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.770.2.2