Thursday, April 3, 2025

[Botany • 2024] Hesperis oznur-duraniae (Brassicaceae) • A New Species from the East Anatolia region, Turkey


Hesperis oznur-duraniae  A.Duran

in Duran, 2024. 

Abstract
A new species of Hesperis L. is described from East Anatolia. This species has been collected from Yolçatı village (Bingöl province) in Turkey. Hesperis oznur-duraniae A.Duran sp. nova is morphologically similar to H. kitiana P.H.Davis but it differs mainly with life form, habitat, leaves, pedicels, sepals, petals, and anthers. In this study, an identification key with a description of the new species is provided along with statements about the habitat, distribution map, phenology, and conservation status of the new species. Additionally, seed features are also documented using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Bingöl, Cruciferae, taxonomy, systematics, Eudicots

Hesperis oznur-duraniae: a—habitus, b—claw equal to sepals.
H. kitiana: c—habitus, d—claw strongly exerted to sepals.

Hesperis oznur-duraniae: a—flowering part, c—pedicel, calyx and corolla.
H. kitiana: b—flowering part, d—pedicel, calyxand corolla.

  



Ahmet DURAN. 2024. Hesperis oznur-duraniae (Brassicaceae), A New Species from the East Anatolia region, Turkey. Phytotaxa. 664(1);  46-58. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.664.1.4 [2024-09-03]