Galium ovitdaghense sp nov (Rubiaceae: Rubioideae) from northeastern Turkey

DAŞKIN R.

NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol.36, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/njb.01597
  • Journal Name: NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new species of Galium section Orientigalium, G. ovitdaghense Dakn, is described and illustrated from Rize province, northeast Anatolia. The new species is similar to three Turkish Galium species, namely G. basalticum, G. membranaceum and G. shepardii. However, it is distinguished from these species by its oblanceolate-oblong leaves with minutely antrorsely papillate-denticulate margins, pinkish, infundibular corollas, ovate-oblong, long-acuminate corolla lobes and broadly reniform, subpapillate mericarps.