A new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey

Authors

ERGİN HAMZAOĞLU
AHMET AKSOY
ÜMİT BUDAK

DOI

10.3906/bot-0901-6

Abstract

Silene bayburtensis Hamzaoğlu & Aksoy sp. nov. is described as a new species from Bayburt province (Turkey). The specimen was collected on a calcareous steppe, in 2 localities, at an altitude between 1700 and 1750 m. The new species is similar to Silene pharnaceifolia Fenzl. The differences between the species are discussed.

Keywords

Bayburt, Caespitosae, Silene, systematics, taxonomy

First Page

47

Last Page

50

Recommended Citation

HAMZAOĞLU, ERGİN; AKSOY, AHMET; and BUDAK, ÜMİT (2010) "A new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 34: No. 1, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-0901-6
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol34/iss1/6