The Rediscovery of Some Taxa Thought to Have Been Extinct in Turkey

Authors

ALİ KANDEMİR

Abstract

This paper reports the re-discovery of Barbarea auriculata Hausskn. ex Bornm. var. auriculata (Brassicaceae), Onobrychis nitida Boiss. (Fabaceae), Onosma discedens Hausskn. ex Bornm. (Boraginaceae), and Silene oligotricha Hub.-Mor. (Caryophyllaceae). All of these taxa had been listed as Extinct (EX), according to the World Conservation Union Red List Categories. This study provides the re-descriptions of these taxa, presents field observations of these taxa, and suggests new IUCN categories.

DOI

10.3906/bot-0705-11

Keywords

Local endemic, Barbarea, Onosma, Onobrychis, Silene, Turkey

First Page

113

Last Page

122

Recommended Citation

KANDEMİR, ALİ (2009) "The Rediscovery of Some Taxa Thought to Have Been Extinct in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 33: No. 2, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-0705-11
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol33/iss2/5