Fritillaria umitkaplanii (Liliaceae), a new species from south Anatolia

Abstract

Fritillaria umitkaplanii Eker & Tekşen sp. nov. (Liliaceae) is described as a new species from Turkey. It is morphologically similar to F. armena, F. pinardii and F. assyriaca, but differs from F. armena mainly by its canaliculate and broader leaves, perigone colour and shape, thin filament and anther colour; from F. pinardii by its canaliculate leaves, perigone colour, nectary characteristics, unbranched style and thin filament; and from F. assyriaca by its median leaves and bract longer than inflorescence, shape of median leaves, perigone colour, thin filament and style. Diagnostic characters, description, detailed illustration, geographical distribution, conservation assessment, identification key, observations and taxonomic comments regarding the new species are given.

Fritillaria shehbazii and F. selenica (Liliaceae), two new species from Iran

“…Although these species are generally very widely circumscribed, especially F. assyriaca and F. pinardii , the distinctive flower characteristic of these species stands out. The taxonomic status of synonyms and closely related species in this group may be clarified when the variations seen in F. pinardii and F. assyriaca are clarified by genetic studies on populations covering all the countries (Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Syria, Lebanon for F. pinardii ; Turkey and Iraq for F. assyriaca ) where they are distributed (Eker and Tekşen 2023). However, the present study confirmed through phylogenetic analysis (Fig.…”

“…1). Fritillaria umitkaplanii is distributed in the Mediterranean phytogeographic region (Eker and Tekşen 2023). Both new species are putative endemics.…”

“…and blooms from April to May. Fritillaria chlororhabdota is distributed in Iran (Zagros range) and grows on grassy slopes, sometimes clumps, mountain steppes, stony hills, rocky and grassy ledges at forests consisting mostly on pine, fir, and juniper, near the endpoint of walley narrows at elevations of 1180-1250 m a.s.l., and blooms in March-April (Rix 1984, Rechinger 1990, Khaniki 1997b, Kiani et al 2017, Tekşen 2018, Yıldırım and Tekşen 2021, Advay et al 2022, Eker and Tekşen 2023. The phylogenetic relationships among 18 native and endemic species distributed in Iran were evaluated by Sharifi-Tehrani and Advay (2015) using chloroplast trnH-psbA IGS sequences.…”

“…Fritillaria shehbazii is close to F. chlororhabdota by its bulb size, smooth stem, leaf number and shape, number of flowers, tepal colour outside, outer tepal segment size and shape, nectary shape, filament and style surface; close to F. pinardii by its bulb size, presence of bulblets, stem length, leaf length, nectary shape, filament and style surface and branched style; close to F. zagrica by its bulb size, presence of bulblets, leaf length, filament and style surface; close to F. assyriaca in terms of bulb size, presence of bulblets, stem length, leaf shape, filament and style surface and anther length; close to F. kordestanica by its bulb size, presence of bulblets, smooth stem, stem length, shinning green leaves, outside tepal colour and filament surface; close to F. umitkaplanii by its bulb size, presence of bulblets, stem length, smooth stem, tepal colour outside, nectary width, and filament and style surface (Table 2, Fig. 2, 3) (Rix 1984, Rechinger 1990, Kiani et al 2017, Tekşen 2018, Yıldırım and Tekşen 2021, Advay et al 2022, Eker and Tekşen 2023.…”

“…According to Rix (2019), Fritillaria comprises about 170 species of geophytic perennials occurring in most temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, from North America, through Europe, the Mediterranean region, Central Asia, China and Japan (Hill 2014, Day et al 2014). The largest number of taxa has been found in Turkey (48 species), Greece (31 taxa – 26 species and five subspecies), China (24 species and two varieties), Russia (22 species), California (21 species and one variety), and Iran (20 species three subspecies and one variety) (Losina‐Losinskaja 1968, Xinqi and Mordak 2000, Hill 2014, Advay et al 2015, Sharifi‐Tehrani and Advay 2015, Kiani et al 2017, Tekşen 2018, Yıldırım and Tekşen 2021, Samaropoulou et al 2021, Advay et al 2022, Eker and Tekşen 2023). Iran hosts the species of four subgenera of Fritillaria (Rechinger 1990, Rix 1977, 2001, Day et al 2014, Kiani et al 2017, Sharifi‐Tehrani and Advay 2015, Advay et al 2015), i.e.…”