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| Crocus keltepensis Yüzb.
in Yüzbaşıoğlu, 2019.
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Abstract
Crocus keltepensis (Iridaceae) is described as a new endemic species from Kocaeli province in north-western Turkey. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description, and detailed illustrations are given herein. Crocus keltepensis is distributed in a restricted area in the highest part of the Samanlı Mountains. According to its morphological features, it belongs to C. sect. Nudiscapus ser. Biflori. It shows morphological similarities with C. pulchricolor, which belongs to the same series. However, these two species are separated from each other by flower color, corm tunics, leaf and seed macromorphological characteristics.
Keywords: endemic, geophyte, Keltepe, Turkish flora, Monocots
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| FIGURE 1. Crocus keltepensis. A: habit. B: flower. C: leaf cross-section and ribs in lateral channels. D: coriaceous corm tunic with toothed rings at base. E: mature capsule. F: seeds. |
Crocus keltepensis Yüzb. sp. nov.
Etymology:—The species epithet is derived from Keltepe, where the new species was discovered.
Sırrı Yüzbaşıoğlu. 2019. Crocus keltepensis (Iridaceae): A New Crocus Species from the Highest Part of the Samanlı Mountains, NW Turkey. Phytotaxa. 418(2); 230–236. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.418.2.8
