Rhaponticum pulchrum (Asteraceae), a new record for the Turkish Flora

Rhaponticum pulchrum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asteraceae); was collected for the first time from Hanönü in Kastamonu and it was given a new record for the flora of Turkey. The description, pictures of the isotypes from the Berlin and Natural History Museum herbariums and field, and a distribution map were given. Diagnostic characters and its taxonomic relationship with closely allied taxa were discussed here .