A new species of Echinops (Asteraceae) from Turkey

Authors

CEM VURAL
MUSTAFA KEMAL BİTER
MEHMET YAŞAR DADANDI

DOI

10.3906/bot-0909-171

Abstract

Echinops dumanii C.Vural is described and illustrated from Adana province, South Anatolia, Turkey. It is considered to be endemic to Turkey. The morphological differences from the closely related species Echinops phaeocephalus Hand.-Mazz. are discussed. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threat category and observations on the ecology of the populations are noted. The geographical distribution of the new species is mapped.

Keywords

Compositae, Echinops, pollen, taxonomy

First Page

513

Last Page

519

Recommended Citation

VURAL, CEM; BİTER, MUSTAFA KEMAL; and DADANDI, MEHMET YAŞAR (2010) "A new species of Echinops (Asteraceae) from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 34: No. 6, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-0909-171
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol34/iss6/5