Rheum telianum (Polygonaceae), a new species from Southeastern Anatolia (Turkey)

İLÇİM A., KARAHAN F.

Phytotaxa, cilt.477, sa.1, ss.81-89, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 477 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.11646/phytotaxa.477.1.6
  • Dergi Adı: Phytotaxa
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.81-89
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Endemic, New species, Rheum, Rhubarb, Taxonomy, Turkey
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Rheum telianum is described as a new species from Kayatepe village (south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey). It is morphologically related to the west-central Asiatic R. ribes and R. rhizostachyum from which can be easily distinguish by its stem surface (slightly verrucose), leaf number, shape, and size (usually 1-basal leaf or rarely with a small one at base, reniform-rotate, 6.5-100 × 4.5-56 cm), achene shape and size (cordate-triangular, 8-15 × 8-16 mm). The distribution, notes on ecology, and conservation status of the new species are also provided.