tailieunhanh - Contributions to the description and molecular properties of Erodium hendrikii Alpınar (Geraniaceae), endemic to Turkey

A Turkish endemic, Erodium hendrikii Alpınar, was firstly described from NE Anatolia in 1994 based on insufficient specimens. In the present study, the description of this poorly known taxon was emended by adding several macro- and micromorphological traits of its leaf and fruit observed under LM and SEM. | Research Article Turk J Bot 36 (2012) 455-461 © TÜBİTAK doi: Contributions to the description and molecular properties of Erodium hendrikii Alpınar (Geraniaceae), endemic to Turkey Kamil COŞKUNÇELEBİ1,*, Salih TERZİOĞLU2, Mustafa KARAKÖSE2, Murat Erdem GÜZEL1 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon - TURKEY 2 Department of Forest Botany, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon - TURKEY Received: ● Accepted: Abstract: A Turkish endemic, Erodium hendrikii Alpınar, was firstly described from NE Anatolia in 1994 based on insufficient specimens. In the present study, the description of this poorly known taxon was emended by adding several macro- and micromorphological traits of its leaf and fruit observed under LM and SEM. Furthermore, it was compared with the closely related species E. malacoides (L.) L’Hér. based on both morphological and molecular data and a modified identification key for the Flora of Turkey was prepared. The conservation status was also re-assessed according to the IUCN threat criteria. Key words: cpDNA, Erodium, Geraniaceae, ITS, IUCN, Turkey Introduction The genus Erodium L’Hér. (Geraniaceae) includes more than 60 species worldwide (Alarcon et al., 2003). Approximately 40 of them are widespread throughout the Mediterranean region (Raduloviç, 2009), defined as the centre of biodiversity of the genus (Sharawy & Badr, 2008). According to Davis (1967), 31 taxa naturally grow in Anatolia and 16 of them are endemic to Turkey. E. hendrikii Alpınar, an endemic species, was firstly recorded from NE Anatolia and described based on very limited traits of insufficient materials (Alpınar, 1994). It is well known that the identification process needs adequate specimens and also the specimens should be collected in a different vegetation period for precise identification. Therefore, the description of the species needed additional .