Cicer uludereensis Dönmez: a new species of Cicer (Chickpea) (Fabaceae) from around the Fertile Crescent, SE Turkey

Authors

ALİ ASLAN DÖNMEZ

DOI

10.3906/bot-1001-283

Abstract

The genus Cicer L. includes an important crop plant, chickpea, which has been used as a protein source since prehistoric times. Specimens of a native Cicer have been collected and described from south-east Turkey. This new species, Cicer uludereensis Dönmez sp. nova, is distinct from a closely allied species, Cicer isauricum P.H.Davis, by its fine and more numerous teeth per leaflet, larger stipules, and narrower fruit with almost smooth seed surface. An illustration and a distribution map of the new species are provided and observations on the population are discussed.

Keywords

Chickpea, Cicer, IUCN, systematics, taxonomy, the Fertile Crescent, Turkey

First Page

71

Last Page

76

Recommended Citation

DÖNMEZ, ALİ ASLAN (2011) "Cicer uludereensis Dönmez: a new species of Cicer (Chickpea) (Fabaceae) from around the Fertile Crescent, SE Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1001-283
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol35/iss1/8