Astragalus topalanense (Fabaceae), a new species from Turkey
Turkish Journal of Botany, vol.40, no.1, pp.74-80, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- 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.