Taxonomic data supporting differences between Allium elmaliense and Allium cyrilli

Abstract

The first specimens of Allium elmaliense were collected in Elmalı (Antalya/Turkey) in 2001 and were described as new species in 2004. However, Allium elmaliense was claimed as synonym of Allium cyrilli in 2006. This study was undertaken to reveal the differences between these taxa utilizing morphological, palynological, and chromosome characters and genomic differences based on the DNA analyses along with the ecological preference studies conducted during 2006 and 2011. The results clearly indicated differences between these two taxa in terms of morphological characters, pollen, seed surfaces and niche preferences. Chromosome morphology and Td-DAMD-PCR fingerprinting studies revealed that Allium elmaliense Deniz & Sümbül is a distinct species and not a synonym of A. cyrilli Ten.

Seed Morphology of Allium L. (Amaryllidaceae) from Central Asian Countries and Its Taxonomic Implications

“…Worldwide, more than 460 taxa of Allium have been investigated for their seed macro- and micro-morphological characteristics [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ]. The highest number of species have been studied from Turkey, China (Xinjiang), and Iran with 62, 38 and 23 species, respectively [ 28 , 31 , 32 ].…”

“…This subgenus consists of 140 species and it is the second largest subgenus of the second evolutionary line in genus Allium [ 7 , 23 ]. Seed testa structure of 120 taxa has been studied in this subgenus [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 23 , 24 , 28 , 31 , 33 , 45 , 46 , 48 ]. The subg.…”

Morphological and molecular data reveal a new species of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) from SW Anatolia, Turkey

“…The studied specimens of the genus Allium were compared with relevant taxonomic literature (Stearn 1980, Kollmann 1984, 1986, Davis et al 1988, Özhatay & Tzanoudakis 2000, Koyuncu 2012, Deniz et al 2013, and with specimens in the herbaria AEF, AKDU, ANK, BM, E, GAZI, HUB, ISTF, ISTO, K and VANF (acronyms follow Thiers 2015, see also Appendix 1). The overall morphology of the new species was examined by stereobinocular microscope.…”

TU-DAMD employment for molecular characterization of Salvia judaica and Salvia palaestina species

“…for Salvia species (Ince and Karaca 2012); Allium sp. (Deniz et al 2013); carnation cultivars (Ince and Karaca 2015), commercial cotton (Gocer and Karaca 2016) and S. tomentosa (Saleh 2019b).…”