tailieunhanh - A new species of the genus Cota (Asteraceae) from Uludağ, Turkey

Cota hamzaoglui & Vural (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) is described as a new species from Uludağ in the Bursa province of Turkey. Information given on the new species includes a Latin diagnosis, taxonomic description, line drawing, and several photographs, as well as comments on the species’ geographical distribution, including a map, and its affinity to Cota oxylepis Boiss. and C. fulvida (Grierson) Holub. | M. U. ÖZBEK, M. VURAL, R. DAŞKIN Research Article Turk J Bot 35 (2011) 331-336 © TÜBİTAK doi: A new species of the genus Cota (Asteraceae) from Uludağ, Turkey M. Ufuk ÖZBEK1,*, Mecit VURAL1, Ruziye DAŞKIN2 1 Gazi University, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, 06500 Teknikokullar, Ankara - TURKEY 2 Uludağ University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Biology Department, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Cota hamzaoglui & Vural (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) is described as a new species from Uludağ in the Bursa province of Turkey. Information given on the new species includes a Latin diagnosis, taxonomic description, line drawing, and several photographs, as well as comments on the species’ geographical distribution, including a map, and its affinity to Cota oxylepis Boiss. and C. fulvida (Grierson) Holub. Key words: Asteraceae, Anthemideae, Cota, Anthemis, Uludağ, Turkey Türkiye Uludağ’dan yeni bir Cota türü Özet: Cota hamzaoglui & Vural (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) Uludağ’dan (Bursa) yeni bir tür olarak betimlendi. Yeni türün latince ayırt edici özellikleri, taksonomik betimi, çizimi, coğrafik yayılışı ve Cota oxylepis Boiss. ve C. fulvida (Grierson) Holub’ya yakınlığı hakkında bazı yorumlar yapıldı. Anahtar sözcükler: Asteraceae, Anthemideae, Cota, Anthemis, Uludağ, Türkiye Introduction Anthemideae is one of the largest tribes of Asteraceae, comprising approximately 110 genera and approximately 1800 species (Oberprieler et al., 2007). According to the Flora of Turkey, the genus Anthemis L. in Turkey is made up of 50 species and 1 doubtful species, all of which have been delimitated into 3 different sections by Grierson and Yavin (1975). Anthemis sect. Anthemis consists of 29 species, Anthemis sect. Maruta (Cass.) Griseb. contains 6 species, and the remaining 15 species were placed in Anthemis sect. Cota () Rupr. The generic and infrageneric concepts of Anthemis have been .