Gagea antakiensis, a new species from Southern Anatolia, Turkey and the new finding of Gagea lojaconoi (Liliaceae)

Abstract

Gagea antakiensis (Liliaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Hatay province in South Anatolia, Turkey. The new species belongs to the section Didymobulbos, based on morphological features, and it is close to G. lojaconoi. The samples belonging to G. chrysantha species group in the Flora of Turkey were confirmed as G. lojaconoi. A taxonomic description, an illustration of the new species, geographical distribution, habitat and ecology, conservation status of the new species and its affinity to G. lojaconoi and G. chrysantha species group are given in this study. In addition, the anatomical features of G. antakiensis and G. lojaconoi are given.

Genome size estimates for nine species ofGageaSalisb. (Liliaceae) from the Mediterranean region

“…peduncularis (unknown ploidy level), the studied species were all triploid, with a 2C values ranging from 17.42 to 23.54 pg. The value reported by Veselý et al (2012) for "Gagea chrysantha" (2C = 18.17 pg) is certain to refer to another taxon (G. chrysantha s.s. is a narrow endemic to Sicily; Tison et al 2013), and likely to refer to G. lojaconoi (as many others in the Mediterranean: Tison et al 2013;Kayikçi et al 2014). This is also supported by the data in our study, where G. lojaconoi resulted with 2C = 18.94-18.96 pg and G. chrysantha with higher values (2C = 20.21).…”

Important plant areas (IPAs) in the Fergana Valley (Central Asia): The Bozbu-Too-Ungortepa massif

“…Numerous studies have estimated that the number of species in the genus ranges from about 100 (Dahlgren et al 1985;Xinqi and Turland 2000) to more than 320 (Levichev 2013;Peterson et al 2016), which is largely due to the incomplete taxonomic revision of Gagea (Levichev 1999). Several new species from Iran (Zarrei et al 2010a(Zarrei et al , 2010b, Western Europe (Peruzzi et al 2007), and Turkey, and surrounds (Kayikçi et al 2014) were described in the last decade. Central Asia is considered a territory with many newly described species of Gagea.…”

Fritillaria umitkaplanii (Liliaceae), a new species from south Anatolia

“…Many new species have recently been described from this region, e.g. Muscari babachii Eker & Koyuncu (2008), Allium arsuzense Eker & Koyuncu (2011), Gagea antakiensis Kayıkçı, Ocak & Tekşen (2014), Scilla arsusiana Yıldırım & Gemici (2014), Fritillaria arsusiana Yıldırım & Tekşen (2021) and Muscari inundatum Yıldırım & Eker (2021) (Eker and Koyuncu 2008, Koyuncu and Eker 2011, Kayıkçı et al 2014, Yıldırım et al 2014, Eker and Yıldırım 2021, Yıldırım and Tekşen 2021.…”