A new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey

Authors

ERGİN HAMZAOĞLU
AHMET AKSOY
ÜMİT BUDAK

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.

DOI

10.3906/bot-0901-6

Keywords

Bayburt, Caespitosae, Silene, systematics, taxonomy

First Page

47

Last Page

50

Recommended Citation

HAMZAOĞLU, E, AKSOY, A, & BUDAK, Ü (2010). A new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 34 (1): 47-50. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-0901-6