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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-10
Page range: 103–111
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Crocus yaseminiae (Iridaceae) a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, 34116, Istanbul, Turkey
Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky-University Oldenburg, D-26111, Oldenburg, Germany.
Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, 34116, Istanbul, Turkey
Asparagales Crocus biflorus subsp. isauricus Fenugreek odour Lectotypification

Abstract

Crocus yaseminiae is described as a new species from Alanya province in South Anatolia. A short literature history of the closely related taxon Crocus isauricus Siehe ex Bowles (≡ Crocus biflorus subsp. isauricus (Siehe ex Bowles) Mathew) is given together with a lectotypification of its name, and a discussion of the type specimen and locus classicus. Diagnostic characters were discussed of the taxa belonging to the “isauricus group” (C. biflorus subsp. isauricus, C. roseoviolaceus, C. mersinensis, C. taseliensis, and C. karamanensis). Fenugreek scented flowers are reported for the first time for the genus.