tailieunhanh - A new species of Teucrium sect. Stachyobotrys (Lamiaceae) from the south of Turkey

A new species of Teucrium L., Teucrium aladagense Vural & , is described from Aladağ mountain, located in Adana, Kayseri, and Niğde provinces in Turkey. The species belongs to Teucrium L. sect. Stachyobotrys Benth. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot (2015) 39: 318-324 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Article A new species of Teucrium sect. Stachyobotrys (Lamiaceae) from the south of Turkey 1 1 2, 2 Mecit VURAL , Hayri DUMAN , Tuncay DİRMENCİ *, Taner ÖZCAN Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Biology Education, Necatibey Education Faculty, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey 1 Received: Accepted: Published Online: Printed: Abstract: A new species of Teucrium L., Teucrium aladagense Vural & , is described from Aladağ mountain, located in Adana, Kayseri, and Niğde provinces in Turkey. The species belongs to Teucrium L. sect. Stachyobotrys Benth. A description, distribution map, habitat, information on trichome morphology, and the threatened category of the species are provided. The differences between the new species and its allies T. lamiifolium d’Urv . and T. hircanicum L. are discussed, and an identification key is provided for the identification of similar taxa. Key words: Adana, Aladağ, endemic, Kayseri, Niğde, Teucrium, Turkey 1. Introduction Teucrium L. is a large genus of Lamiaceae: Ajugoideae with more than 260 species. The genus is distributed mainly in the Mediterranean region, which is a major speciation center of the genus (Tutin and Wood, 1972; Cantino et al., 1992; Navarro and El Oualidi, 2000; Harley et al., 2004; Govaerts et al., 2010). Teucrium and Ajuga L. are distinguished from other members of the Lamiaceae with the upper lip of corolla reduced or lacking and style not fully gynobasic (Ekim, 1982; Navarro and El Oualidi, 2000; De Martino et al., 2010). A total of 46 taxa of Teucrium naturally occur in Turkey, and 16 are endemic to Turkey (Ekim, 1982; Duman, 2000; Dönmez, 2006; Dönmez et al., 2010; Dinç and Doğu, 2012; Dirmenci, 2012). Teucrium has been divided into 8 .