A REVISION OF GYPSOPHILA, BOLANTHUS, ANKYROPETALUM AND PHRYNA¹

Phryna hamzaoglui Koç & Budak (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Central Anatolia, Turkey

“…This genus is similar to Petrorhagia , Ankyropetalum , Acanthopyllum , Allochrusa , Gypsophila and Bolanthus . All of these genera have calyx with membranous hyaline intervals between the nerves (Barkoudah 1962, Huber-Morath 1967). Petrorhagia can separate from the above genera by seeds with the presence of peltate with facial hilum.…”

“…As a result of examining the literature (Barkoudah 1962, Huber-Morath 1967) and herbarium specimens, it was found that the collected specimens resemble Phrynaortegioides but differ from this species in terms of calyx length, calyx teeth length, petal colour, petal calyx ratio and capsule calyx ratio. Flower, petal and capsule pictures were taken with an OLYMPUS SZX-16 Stereomicroscope, DP 72 digital camera and seed surface images were taken by a Quanta Feg 450 scanning electron microscope (SEM) at Bozok University Research and Application Centre.…”

Petrorhagia sarbaghiae(Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Kurdistan, Iraq

“…Seeds (immature) peltate. Remarks -The novelty described above was initially misplaced in the genus Gypsophila L. as broadly delimited by Barkoudah (1962) to include Petrorhagia (Ser.) Link.…”

Ceratocephalus pungens(Ranunculaceae): A new species from New Zealand

“…remar~ab.le that a genus with two widely sympatnc species m Europe, North Africa, and West Asia should have a third, allopatric species in New Zealand. Yet there is a parallel in Gypsophila australis (Caryophyl.laceae), an endemic Australian species ofa genus Wlth an otherwise Eurasian distribution similar to Ceratocephalus (Barkoudah 1962), which is treated as naturalised in New Zealand (Garnock-Jones 198Ib).…”