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Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-06
Page range: 195–203
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Allium shahinii: a new species of A. sect. Scorodon (Amaryllidaceae) from Turkey

Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Biology Department, Science Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
A. moschatum A. stocksianum A. spirophyllum A. circumflexum morphology taxonomy Turkey Monocots

Abstract

Allium shahinii, a new species of Allium sect. Scorodon, is described and illustrated from Erzincan Province, Eastern Turkey. It is a narrowly distributed geophyte growing on siliceous screes of warm exposure in mountain ranges of the nemoral and thermophilous deciduous woodland zone, showing close morphological relationships mainly with A. moschatum, A. stocksianum, A. spirophyllum, A. circumflexum but it is clearly differentiated due to perigon, outer tunic, indumentum, leaf and scape characteristics. In this study, diagnostic characters, description, taxonomic comments, photographs, distribution map, detailed illustration, the conservation status of A. shahinii and identification key are provided for A. shahinii and related taxa. According to IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, A. shahinii is assessed here as a Critically Endangered (CR) species.