A new species of Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae) from Anatolia

Abstract

Flueggea anatolica Gemici (Euphorbiaceae) is illustrated and described from S Anatolia. It is a deciduous unarmed shrub, related to F. virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt, but has an undivided pistillode, up to 13 staminate flowers per glomerule, and pistillate flowers in groups of (1−)2–3. This is the first record of the genus Flueggea from Anatolia. F. anatolica has an isolated position within the genus and is considered to be a Tertiary relict.

Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae)

“…The overall distribution of the five basal genera (Margaritaria, Plagiocladus, Lingelsheimia, Heterosavia and Flueggea) is highly relictual. For example, Flueggea has a center of its range in the Old World tropics, but also has fragmentary distributions in the Iberian Peninsula, Turkey, West Indies, Ecuador and north-eastern Brazil (Webster 1984;Gemici 1993), which are most likely regarded as relicts (there is a single apparent dispersal to Hawaii; Hayden 1987). Similarly, Plagiocladus, Lingelsheimia and Heterosavia have highly restricted distributions in West Africa, Africa and Madagascar, and the West Indies, respectively (Table 1; Govaerts et al 2000;Radcliffe-Smith 2001;Lebrun & Stork 2006;Hoffmann 2008), suggestive of range contractions from once broader distributions.…”

“…The overall distribution of the five basal genera (Margaritaria, Plagiocladus, Lingelsheimia, Heterosavia and Flueggea) is highly relictual. For example, Flueggea has a center of its range in the Old World tropics, but also has fragmentary distributions in the Iberian Peninsula, Turkey, West Indies, Ecuador and north-eastern Brazil (Webster 1984;Gemici 1993), which are most likely regarded as relicts (there is a single apparent dispersal to Hawaii; respectively (Table 1; Govaerts et al 2000;Radcliffe-Smith 2001;Lebrun & Stork 2006;Hoffmann 2008), suggestive of range contractions from once broader distributions. In contrast, the distributions of the more derived genera (Phyllanthus, Sauropus, Breynia and Glochidion) are likely to have resulted from more recent dispersals.…”

Orman ağaçlarında bitki özsuyu akış ölçüm yöntemleriyle transpirasyonun belirlenmesi ve havza yönetimi çalışmaları için önemi

“…Meyve ağırlıkları arasında diğer meyve özelliklerine göre daha yüksek bir varyasyon olduğu belirlenmiştir (C v =%19.88). (Gemici, 1993). Buna göre, çalışmamızda söz konusu çalışmadakine benzer bulgular elde edilmekle birlikte, bu türün çok düşük bir oranda da olsa 4 adet lokule sahip meyvelerinin de bulunabildiği ortaya çıkmıştır.…”

Wood Anatomy Of Flueggea Anatolica (Phyllanthaceae)

“…Webster (1984) accepted 13 species scattered through the tropics and extending to temperate latitudes in the Old World. Subsequently, the rare Hawaiian endemic Neowawraea Rock was recognized as an overlooked member of the genus (Hayden & Brandt 1984;Hayden 1987) and Flueggea anatolica Gemici, another rare species and the subject of this paper, was discovered in southern Turkey (Gemici 1993;Gemici & Leblebici 1995), bringing the species tally to 15. If united with Richeriella Pax & Hoffmann, as suggested by recent molecular data (Kathriarachchi et al 2006), the number of species classified in Flueggea could increase to 17.…”

“…Flueggea anatolica is known only from the type locality, a c. 1 hectare region in the Cilician Toros Mountains (Gemici 1993;Gemici & Leblebici 1995;Gemici 2000). Morphologically it closely resembles F. virosa (Roxb.…”