Friday, November 29, 2024

[Botany • 2024] Orobanche dagestanica (Orobanchaceae) • A New Species from the Greater Caucasus


Orobanche dagestanica Ó.Sánchez, Piwow., Fateryga, Svirin & Murtaz., 

in Piwowarczyk, Sánchez Pedraja, Fateryga, Svirin et Murtazaliev, 2024.
 
Abstract
A new, probably endemic species, Orobanche dagestanica is described from Dagestan in Russia (the Greater Caucasus). The species grows in alpine shale scree slopes, and is a parasite of the roots of species from the genus Lophiolepis (Asteraceae). Based on morphological and phylogenetic data, the newly-described species belongs to Orobanche subsect. Curvatae, and specifically to O. ser. Krylowianae, however it is distinct from all other taxa in this group. A detailed description, diagnosis, illustrations, a comparison with related species, as well as phylogenetic analysis are provided.

Curvatae, Krylowianae, holoparasites, Dagestan, Lophiolepis, Cirsium, taxonomy, Eudicots



 

  


Renata Piwowarczyk, Óscar Sánchez Pedraja, Alexander V. Fateryga, Sergey A. Svirin and Ramazan A. Murtazaliev. 2024. Orobanche dagestanica (Orobanchaceae): A New Species from the Greater Caucasus.  Phytotaxa. 653(1); 67-78. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.653.1.5