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Nigella turcica a new species endemic to north-eastern Turkey is described and illustrated. Morphological differences between the species and the closely related species, N. sativa, are discussed and the IUCN threatened category is proposed. A distribution map of the new species and its related taxon is given.

IntroductionThe family Brassicaceae is the richest in the United States (616 species, 148 endemic) and the second richest in Turkey (606 species, 39 subspecies, 18 varieties, and 226 endemics) in terms of species number Al-Shehbaz, 2010;. Forty species belonging to the family Brassicaceae in Turkey were published as new species in the last decade , and this number has continued to increase.The authors collected numerous species in Malatya Province between 2011 and 2013, and one of these species was published as a new species (Mutlu and Karakuş, 2012). One of the collected samples could not be designated according to the current literature (

Campanula malatyaensis Mutlu & Karakuş is described as a new species from the Malatya province (Eastern Turkey). The new species belongs to section Tracheliopsis (Buser) Damboldt and morphologically resembles C. myritifolia Boiss. & Heldr. and C. fruticulosa (Schwarz & Davis) Damboldt. Morphological differences between C. malatyaensis and these taxa are discussed. This study presents SEM images (pollen, seed, corolla hair, and stylus hairs), photographs (type specimen, habitat, flowering specimens, and fruiting specimens), and conservation status of the new species.

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