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Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-10
Page range: 287–293
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A new species of Verbascum, V. nihatgoekyigitii (Scrophulariaceae), from southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Nezahat Gokyigit Botanic Garden, Science Departmants
Hakkâri University, Yüksekova Vocational School, Sümbül Street, Hakkâri, Turkey.
Endemic plants E Mediterranean morphology taxonomy Magnoliids Turkey

Abstract

Verbascum nihatgoekyigitii sp. nov. (V. sect. Bothrosperma), is described as a new species to science from plants collected in southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. A detailed description, SEM micrographs and an illustration of the type specimen are included, as well as information on the ecology of the species and the IUCN red list assessment are provided. In addition, diagnostic characters of the new species are compared to the morphologically similar V. exuberans, and detailed distribution maps of those species in Turkey are also supplied.