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A new Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) species without staminodes in the enigmatic ?Canina clade? from the Western Taurus (Türkiye)

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: The new species of Scrophularia was discovered among the screes and stony slopes of the Alakır Valley (Antalya) located in the Western Taurus. The most remarkable morphological feature of the species is its flowers without staminodes. With this feature, the species is unique among the representatives of the ?Canina? clade in Türkiye. The new species is closely related to S. floribunda endemic to Türkiye and East Aegean Islands (Greece) according to our phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear ITS and chloroplast trnL-F regions. Apart from its corollas without staminodes, the new species differs from its morphologically similar species by having densely glandular inflorescence (incl. calyxes), relatively small corollas, corolla lobes with a narrow white border, and very long filaments.

Source: TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY

DOI: 10.55730/1300-008x.2776

Authors: CANDAN AYKURT, MERTCAN GÜLBEN, BARIŞ ÖZÜDOĞRU, DUYGU SARI, İSMAİL GÖKHAN DENİZ, BURÇİN ÇINGAY

Institutions: Akdeniz University, Hacettepe University

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, Akdeniz Üniversitesi

Award: G7540188331