tailieunhanh - The genus Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach (Chenopodiaceae) in Turkey

The semidesert taxon Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae), which is confirmed to supersede the later Aellenia, is represented in Turkey by H. glaucus subsp. glaucus and H. hierochunticus. The former was known to occur in Kars and Ağri provinces but was found recently in Kayseri province as well. | Research Article Turk J Bot 33 (2009) 325-334 © TÜBİTAK doi: The genus Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach (Chenopodiaceae) in Turkey Helmut FREITAG1,*, Vagif ATAMOV2, Esat ÇETİN3, Mustafa ASLAN3 1Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, D-34132 Kassel. GERMANY 2Rize University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 53100 Rize - TURKEY 3Harran University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 63300 Urfa - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: The semidesert taxon Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae), which is confirmed to supersede the later Aellenia, is represented in Turkey by H. glaucus subsp. glaucus and H. hierochunticus. The former was known to occur in Kars and Ağri provinces but was found recently in Kayseri province as well. The latter is a new record for the flora of Turkey from Şanlıurfa province close to the Syrian border. Full descriptions of the genus and the species occurring in Turkey are given and the case of Aellenia is discussed. Images and distributional data including maps are provided. Key words: Aellenia, Chenopodiaceae, flora of Turkey, Halothamnus Türkiye’de Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach (Chenopodiaceae) cinsi Özet: Aellenia olarak da bilinen yarıkurak tipli Halothamnus cinsi (Chenopodiaceae) H. glaucus subsp. glaucus ve H. hierochunticus taksonları ile temsil edilmektedir. İlk takson çok önce Kars ve Ağrı illerinde, yakın zamanda Kayseri ilinde; diğeri ise Türkiye florası için yeni bir kayıt olarak Şanlıurfa ilinde Suriye sınırına yakın bölgede bulunmuştur. Makalede bu taksonların deskripsiyonları yapılmış, genel dağılımı, habitat ve ekolojileri hakkında detaylı bilgiler verilmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Aellenia, Chenopodiaceae, Türkiye florası, Halothamnus Introduction According to the revision by Kothe-Heinrich (1993), Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach, tr. Salsoleae, subf. Salsoloideae, includes 21 species distributed in deserts and semideserts .