Psylliostachys spicata (Plumbaginaceae) is reported as a new genus record for Turkey; an amended species description is given. Bossier’s record of Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) in Flora Orientalis is confirmed from Turkey. Additionally, the endemic Salvia ertekinii is reduced to a synonym of Salvia pinnata. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot (2016) 40: 226-230 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Note First record of Psylliostachys spicata (Plumbaginaceae), confirmation of Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) from Turkey, and taxonomic status of Salvia ertekinii 1, 1 2 3 4 Ferhat CELEP *, Osman KARABACAK , Maryam MALEKMOHAMMADI , Mehmet FİDAN , Musa DOĞAN 1 Department of Biology, Polatlı Faculty of Science and Arts, Gazi University, Polatlı, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Plant Sciences, School of Biology, Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: Psylliostachys spicata (Plumbaginaceae) is reported as a new genus record for Turkey; an amended species description is given. Bossier’s record of Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) in Flora Orientalis is confirmed from Turkey. Additionally, the endemic Salvia ertekinii is reduced to a synonym of Salvia pinnata. Key words: Halophytes, Lamiaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Psylliostachys, Salvia, taxonomy 1. Introduction The family Plumbaginaceae is distributed throughout the world, particularly in the Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean regions. Most of the members of this family are halophytes, cold weather adapted species, or psammophytes and can survive in extreme environments. Plumbaginaceae consists of 28 genera and about 650 species in the world (Kubitzki, 1993; Lledό et al., 2005). In 2013, while conducting field work in Siirt (Southeast Anatolia, Turkey), one author (OK) collected some interesting halophytic plants. One of the collected specimens was identified as a member of Plumbaginaceae; however, its genus and .
