- Turkish Journal of Botany
- Volume:43 Issue:6
- Centaurea uysalii (Cyanus/Asteraceae), a new species from Turkey
Centaurea uysalii (Cyanus/Asteraceae), a new species from Turkey
Authors : Emrah ŞİRİN, Ömer ÇEÇEN, Meryem BOZKURT, Kuddisi ERTUĞRUL
Pages : 809-816
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Publication Date : 0000-00-00
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Centaurea uysalii Şirin & Çeçen, a new Asteraceae species from the province of Karaman, in Turkey, is described and illustrated herein. It is morphologically similar to C. bourgaei Boiss. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Subgen. Cyanus);, but it mainly differs from its relative in terms of the involucre and achene lengths. The achene micromorphological features and karyomorphology of C. uysalii and C. bourgaei were examined in this study. The IUCN conservation status is the Critically Endangered [CR B2 a b insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i, iii);] category.Keywords : Asteraceae, Centaureinae, endemic, taxonomy, Turkey