Centaurea aytugiana (Asteraceae), a New Species from North Anatolia, Turkey

作者：Bancheva Svetlana^*; Kaya Zafer; Binzet Riza

来源：Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature , 2014, 23(2): 133-138.

DOI：10.3417/2011026

• Asteraceae
• Centaurea
• IUCN Red List
• Turkey

A new species in Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) from Turkey is described and illustrated. Centaurea aytugiana Bancheva, Kaya & Binzet grows in Karabiik Province, North Anatolia, Turkey, and its morphologically allied species are C. stenolepis A. Kern. and C. salicifolia M. Bieb. ex Wild. The chromosome number of C. aytugiana, 2n = 30 + 1B, counted in root tips, is reported and illustrated. Pollen is described, using both light and scanning electron microscopy, and the pollen grains correspond to Wagenitz's Jacea-type. The new species is currently known from a single locality in Karabiik Province and is assessed as Critically Endangered (CR), according to IUCN criteria.

• 出版日期2014-7