Alkanna malatyana (Boraginaceae), a new species from East Anatolia, Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2014
Yazarlar: Hasan YILDIRIM, Serdar Gökhan ŞENOL
Phytotaxa, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2014, cilt 164, ss 124-124
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.6
Özet
Alkanna malatyana (Boraginaceae) is described as a new species to science. It is endemic to the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. A. malatyana is an obligated chasmophytic species, which colonizes on limestone rocky cliffs, known from a single locality in Levent Canyon, located in Malatya Province. It is related to A. mughlae and it shows some morphological similarities with A. confusa and A. kotschyana, but it clearly differs from them based on the morphological differences presented in the species description. In addition, the conservation status, a distribution map, and notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are given.