Onosma anatolica, a new species of Boraginaceae from Turkey.

ABSTRACT: Onosma anatolica Binzet, is described and illustrated as a new species from Niğde province in southern Anatolia, Turkey. It belongs to sect. Onosma L. subsect. Asterotricha (Boiss.) Gürke. The new species is closely related to Onosma subulifolia Riedl from which it is distinguished. Onosma anatolica is readily distinguished from Onosma subulifolia by its sterile shoots, the green-grey stem indumentum, longer bracts, yellow and puberulous petals. The IUCN threat category of Onosma anatolica is determined as "CR (Critically Endangered)". A distribution map and anidentification key for Onosma anatolica and Onosma subulifolia supplement the study.

SUBMITTER: Binzet R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5029139 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature