ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e62053
Loncomelos koprulense (Asparagaceae), a new species from southern Turkey
Sandro Bogdanović‡, Salvatore Brullo§, Cristina Salmeri|‡ University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia§ University of Catania, Catania, Italy| University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Corresponding author: Sandro Bogdanović ( sbogdanovic@agr.hr ) © Sandro Bogdanović, Salvatore Brullo, Cristina Salmeri. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Bogdanović S, Brullo S, Salmeri C (2020) Loncomelos koprulense (Asparagaceae), a new species from southern Turkey. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e62053 |  |
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. The identification key to L. koprulense and its allied species is provided, as well as their geographical distribution map.
Keywords
Asparagaceae, distribution, karyology, Loncomelos, Ornithogaleae, taxonomy