Lamiaceae in Turkey: Additional taxa 2000-2019

Authors : Neriman ÖZHATAY, Şükran KÜLTÜR, Bahar GÜRDAL

Pages : 106-116

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Publication Date : 2020-10-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The diversity of vascular plants of Turkey was documented in the Flora of Turkey and the Eastern Aegean Islands edited by Prof. Peter H. Davis and published in nine volumes between 1965 and 1985. The identification of additional taxa has necessitated the publication of the supplementary volumes to the Flora of Turkey volume 10 in 1988, and the second supplemental volume, vol. 11 edited by Turkish scientists published in 2000. Lamiaceae is cited in Flora of Turkey vol. 7 as 523 species, with 2 monotypic genera: Dorystaechas hastata Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. and Pentapleura subulifera Hand.-Mazz. and endemism percentage is 43.60. In the supplementary volumes: 20 species are added to vol. 10 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1988); and 31 more species are added to the vol. 11 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2000);. In this present study, after publication of vol.11 additional taxa to the Flora of Turkey are given in a systematic order since the year 2000. In eighteen years the number of additional taxa is 78 of which 53 are new taxa for science and 25 of them is new record for Turkish flora. During this period two genera, Lophanthus Adans. and Perilla L. are added. As a result the Lamiaceae in Turkey is represented by 653 species and endemism percentage increased to 47.62 according to recent publications.
Keywords : Lamiaceae, Flora of Turkey, Additional taxa