A new species of Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae) from Anatolia
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Yusuf Gemici
Edinburgh Journal of Botany, International, Scopus, 2010, vol 50, pp 75-77
DOI: 10.1017/s0960428600000688
Summary
Flueggea anatolica Gemici (Euphorbiaceae) is illustrated and described from S Anatolia. It is a deciduous unarmed shrub, related to F. virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt, but has an undivided pistillode, up to 13 staminate flowers per glomerule, and pistillate flowers in groups of (1−)2–3. This is the first record of the genus Flueggea from Anatolia. F. anatolica has an isolated position within the genus and is considered to be a Tertiary relict.