Loncomelos koprulense (Asparagaceae), a new species from southern Turkey

Sandro Bogdanović; Salvatore Brullo; Cristina Salmeri

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.175.62037

Loncomelos koprulense (Asparagaceae), a new species from southern Turkey

PhytoKeys. 2021 Mar 19:175:33-44. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.175.62037. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Sandro Bogdanović^{1

2}, Salvatore Brullo³, Cristina Salmeri⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Botany, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia.
² Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding Zagreb Croatia.
³ Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy University of Catania Catania Italy.
⁴ Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), Palermo University, Via Archirafi 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy Palermo University Palermo Italy.

Abstract

A new species, Loncomelos koprulense (Asparagaceae), is described and illustrated from southern Turkey. It is a very rare endemic species growing on small semi-rocky escarpments within the Köprülü Kanyon in the province of Antalya. Morphologically for its hairy leaves, L. koprulense shows some relationships with L. malatyanum and L. tardum, species localized in Anatolia too. The chromosome number of the new species is 2n = 2x = 22. Geographical distribution map for L. koprulense, L. malatyanum and L. tardum is provided.

Keywords: Ornithogalum s.l.; Distribution; Mediterranean; Ornithogaleae; karyology; taxonomy.

Sandro Bogdanović, Salvatore Brullo, Cristina Salmeri.