Astragalus topalanense (Fabaceae), a new species from Turkey

İLÇİM A., Behçet L.

Turkish Journal of Botany, vol.40, no.1, pp.74-80, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/bot-1409-22
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Botany
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.74-80
  • Keywords: Astragalus, Flora, Malacothrix, Taxonomy, Turkey
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Astragalus topalanense Behçet & İlçim sp. nov. (section Malacothrix Bunge) is described as a new species from Bingöl Province, East Anatolia in Turkey. The new species is similar to Astragalus macrouroides Hub.-Mor., a species endemic to Turkey, and A. macrourus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. The diagnostic characters and taxonomic comments on the species are presented. Seed and pollen characteristics are investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Notes are also presented on its ecology. A distribution map of the new and related species is also provided.