Campanula alisan-kilincii (Campanulaceae), a new species from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

Campanula alisan-kilincii Yıldırım & Şenol (Campanulaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Malatya Province in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The new species belongs to the section Rupestres, based on morphological features. It is morphologically similar to Campanula quercetorum and C. strigillosa but clearly differs from them based on the morphological differences presented in the species description. In addition, the conservation status, the distribution map, and notes on the biogeography and ecology of the new species are given.

Campanula quercetorum subsp. densiflora: A New Taxon of Campanula (Campanulaceae) from Eastern Anatolia (Türkiye)

“…The genus is distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, southern Asia, and central Africa (Eddie et al 2003;Roquet et al 2008;Cellinese et al 2009;Haberle et al 2009;Yoo et al 2018;POWO 2023). Campanula is represented by approximately 140 taxa, more than 50% of which are endemic in Türkiye (Damboldt 1978;Davis et al 1988;Güner 2000;Akçiçek et al 2005;Kandemir 2007;İkinci 2012;Yıldırım 2013;2018;Yıldırım & Şenol 2014;Mutlu & Karakuş 2015;Özdöl et al 2022a;2022b;2022c;2022d;Fırat et al 2022). Türkiye species of the genus Campanula are classified into six subgenera (namely, Megalocalyx Damboldt, Rapunculus (Fourr.)…”

Reseda malatyana (Resedaceae), a new chasmophytic species from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

“…have been described from Malatya (Yıldırım et al, 2010;Mutlu and Karakuş, 2012;Tan et al, 2012;Koç and Aksoy, 2013;Yıldırım and Erol, 2013;Yıldırım and Şenol, 2013).…”