“…In Turkey, the genus is represented by about 103 species as the rate of species endemism amount to 50% (Riedl 1978, Davis et al 1988, Yıldırımlı 2000, Riedl et al 2005, Binzet and Orcan 2007, Kandemir and Türkmen 2010, Aytaç and Türkmen 2011, Koyuncu et al 2013, Guner 2012, Binzet 2016). This genus is perennial, usually suffrutescent or consists of biennial herbs (Stevanovic et al 2003, Akçin and Binzet 2011).…”