A new species of Galium (Rubiaceae) from Southwest Anatolia, Turkey

DAŞKIN R., BAĞÇIVAN G.

PHYTOTAXA, cilt.308, sa.2, ss.267-274, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 308 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.2.8
  • Dergi Adı: PHYTOTAXA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.267-274
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Galium cariense, a new species from serpentine scree in Denizli and Mugla provinces, SW Anatolia, Turkey, is here described and illustrated. The new species belongs to Galium section Kolgyda and is similar to G. bracteatum, G. penduliflorum and G. peplidifolium, from which it differs by its short, glabrous, reddish stems, small, ovate-oblong, equal cauline leaves, thyrsoid inflorescences, acute to obtuse corolla lobes and narrowly oblong, papillate mericarps. The diagnostic characters of G. cariense and related species are discussed. Moreover, ecology, conservation status and the geographical distribution of the new species are presented and its mericarp surface characteristics are investigated using scanning electron microscopy.