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, 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