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Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-21
Page range: 110–116
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Crocus tuna-ekimii (Iridaceae), a new species from Turkey

Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, 34116, Istanbul, Turkey
Dursunbey endemic Nudiscapus taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Crocus tuna-ekimii is described as a new species from Balıkesir province in western Anatolia. The new species belongs to C. sect. Nudiscapus ser. Biflori, based on morphological features. It resembles the recently described C. sozenii, but clearly differs from it in flower color, morphology and chromosome number. A full description, detailed illustrations, photographs of metaphase, and SEM micrographs of seed-surface sculpturing pattern are presented. IUCN threat category and observations on the population are presented.