Campanula mugeana sp. nov. (Campanulaceae) from western Anatolia, Turkey
Articles > Article · 2013
Authors: Hasan YILDIRIM
Nordic Journal of Botany, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2013, vol 31, pp 419-425
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01566.x
Summary
Campanula mugeana Yıldırım (Campanulaceae) is described as a new species. Diagnostic morphological characters, full descriptions and detailed illustrations of the new species are given. Micrographs of seeds and pollen were taken with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Campanula mugeana is restricted to the province of İzmir in western Anatolia, Turkey. It belongs to the section Quinqueloculares , subgenus Campanula based on floral features. Although C. mugeana has no close relatives within sect. Quinqueloculares , it shows some morphological similarities with C. saxatilis and C. davisii.