Wednesday, September 20, 2023

[Botany • 2023] Seseli kurdistanicum (Apiaceae) • A New Species from Van Province, eastern Turkey


 Seseli kurdistanicum  Lyskov & Fırat, 

in Lyskov, Kroupsky, Samigullin et Fırat, 2023. 
 
Abstract
A new speciesSeseli kurdistanicum Lyskov and Fırat (Apiaceae), is described from the Van Province, eastern Turkey. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of nrITS/ETS recognized the new species as closely related to Seseli leptocladum from western Armenia. Morphologically, these two species are also closely related. However, S. kurdistanicum differs from S. leptocladum in the petiole length (absent or very short about 0.5 cm versus 3–5 cm), shape of radical leaves (ovate versus oblong), umbel diameter (up to 11 cm with ascending rays versus 2–3 cm with erect rays), number of rays (4–10, usually 6–7 versus 1–6, usually 2–4), and ray length (up to 7 cm, usually 3–5 versus up to 3 cm).

Keywords: Armenia, nrITS, plant diversity, plant taxonomy, Turkey, Umbelliferae


 Seseli kurdistanicum
 
(A) umbels, (B) bracts, (C) flowers, (D) bracteoles, (E) basal leaves, (F) middle leaves, (F) upper leaves.


Dmitry Lyskov, Ivan Kroupsky, Tahir Samigullin and Mehmet Fırat. 2023. Seseli kurdistanicum (Apiaceae), A New Species from Van Province, eastern Turkey. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1111/njb.04053