Tragopogon anatolicus (Asteraceae), a new species from east Turkey 

Abstract

The new species, Tragopogon anatolicus A.Duran, B.Doğan & Coşkunç. sp. nov. (Asteraceae) is described and illustrated from Cilo Mt. (Hakkari), south-east Anatolia, Turkey. Tragopogon anatolicus is a local endemic, most similar to T. buphthalmoides (DC.) Boiss. Diagnostic morphological characters of these two closely related taxa are discussed. A phylogenetic analysis based on nrDNA ITS sequence data indicated that T. buphthalmoides is the sister species of the new taxon. Ecology, biogeography and conservation status of the new species are also presented.

Taxonomic notes on Tragopogon, and two newly described taxa from Anatolia

“…m). Micro‐projections were also observed in T. orientalis L. by Das and Mukherjee () and in T. anatolicus by Dogan et al (). Although achenes of the T. vanensis and T. reticulatus are similar in gross morphology, the beak apex is globular with a hairy annulus in T. vanensis (Fig.…”

“…), as reported by Wodehouse () and Blackmore (). Suboblate (İnceoğlu and Karamustafa , Gültepe et al ) and oblate‐spheroidal (Blackmore , Dogan et al ) have previously been reported in Tragopogon . As seen in Table , the suboblate and oblate‐spheroidal pollen grains identified in the present study were consistent with previous findings.…”

“…The species T. anatolicus A.Duran, B.Doğan & Coşkunç. has been described recently from Anatolia (Dogan et al ). It is morphologically similar to T. buphthalmoides , which is treated under section Profundisulcati .…”

Tragopogon turcicus sp. nov. (Asteraceae) from Turkey and its phylogenetic position

“…For the phylogenetic reconstruction, seventeen accessions belonging to Tragopogon and five accessions belonging to Scorzonera L., Lactuca L., Gerepogon L., Hieracium L. and Scolymus L. were used. Sequence data for twelve accessions were obtained from Dogan et al () and GenBank ( Lactuca serriola L. AJ633331, Scolymus hispanicus L. AJ633471), and sequence data for ten accessions were newly prepared for this study (Appendix 1).…”

“…In Turkey, according to Coşkunçelebi and Gültepe (), Tragopogon is represented by 21 species excluding doubtfully recorded taxa and recently described taxa from southeast Turkey (Dogan et al ).…”