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| Bellevalia bayburtensis Sefalı & Yıldırım, in Yildirim & Sefali, 2020. |
Abstract
Bellevalia bayburtensis (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Bayburt Province in northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description, detailed illustrations, and a distribution map are provided. It is morphologically similar to B. rixii and B. paradoxa, but clearly differs from these species by the leaf shape, the bud and flower colour.
Keywords: Bayburt, Bellevalia, new species, taxonomy, Monocots
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| Bellevalia bayburtensis: A. Entire plant, B. inflorescence, C. bulbs, D. leaf margin, F. flowers stages (from bud to mature flower), G. immature fruiting, H. immature fruits, I-J. mature fruit, K. mature seeds. |
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| Bellevalia bayburtensis: A. habitus in flowering time, B. end of inflorescence, C. habitus in early fruiting time, D. habitat. |
Bellevalia bayburtensis Sefalı & Yıldırım sp. nov.
Diagnosis:—Bellevalia bayburtensis is distinguished from other related species, such as B. paradoxa and B. rixii, by its linear-lanceolate, falcately recurved, strongly canaliculate leaves; pedicels distinctly shorter than flowers and fruits; bud tube azure blue to sky blue, lobes slightly purplish-blue or greenish-blue; flower tube azure, purplish-blue to sky blue at first, changing to pale dirty brownish-blue to pale dirty purplish-blue at the end of flowering; outer lobes widely ovate, pale dirty brownish-blue to pale dirty purplish-blue; inner lobes orbicular, dark bluish-purple at middle with wide yellowish margins; anthers yellowish.
Etymology:— The species epithet is derived from Bayburt Province, where the new species was discovered. The Turkish name of this species is Bayburtsümbülü, according to the guidelines of Menemen et al. (2013).
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| Species morphologically related to Bellevalia bayburtensis: A-B. Bellevalia paradoxa, C-D. B. rixii |
Hasan Yildirim and Abdurrahman Sefali. 2020. Bellevalia bayburtensis (Asparagaceae): A New Species from northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Phytotaxa. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.441.3.5
