Muscari elmasii sp. nova (Asparagaceae): a new species from western Anatolia, Turkey

Authors

HASAN YILDIRIM

DOI

10.3906/bot-1507-17

Abstract

Muscari elmasii Yıldırım (Asparagaceae) is described as a new species to science. It is endemic to the western Anatolia region of Turkey. M. elmasii is known from a single locality in Muğla Province. It is related to M. weissii and M. massayamum by morphological features and shows some similarities in terms of morphological characters and the same distribution area to M. mirum. Diagnostic morphological characters are discussed and compared with those of related taxa. It is easily distinguished from related species by its especially sessile or subsessile and mostly pinkish flowers; relatively longer, cylindrical with sharply-angled shoulder perigon tube; yellowish-green lobes; and relatively bigger fruit.

Keywords

Taxonomy, Muscari, Muğla, Turkey

First Page

380

Last Page

387

Recommended Citation

YILDIRIM, HASAN (2016) "Muscari elmasii sp. nova (Asparagaceae): a new species from western Anatolia, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 40: No. 4, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1507-17
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol40/iss4/4