Ornithogalum malayanum Mutlu is described as a new species from Malatya Province, East Anatolia, Turkey. A description, photographs, and an identification key including related species are given. The International Union for Conservation of Nature threat category and observations on the ecology of the populations are noted. | B. MUTLU, Ş. KARAKUŞ Research Article Turk J Bot 36 (2012) 125-133 © TÜBİTAK doi: A new species of Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae) from East Anatolia, Turkey Birol MUTLU*, Şükrü KARAKUŞ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, İnönü University, 44280-Malatya - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Ornithogalum malatyanum Mutlu is described as a new species from Malatya Province, East Anatolia, Turkey. A description, photographs, and an identification key including related species are given. The International Union for Conservation of Nature threat category and observations on the ecology of the populations are noted. The chromosome number of the new species is 2n = 24. The morphological differences between the new species and related taxa are also discussed. Key words: Chromosome, geophyte, Ornithogaleae, taxonomy Türkiye’nin Doğu Anadolu bölgesinden yeni bir Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae) türü Özet: Ornithogalum malatyanum Mutlu, Doğu Anadolu (Malatya) bölgesinden yeni bir tür olarak tanımlandı. Tanımı, fotoğrafları ve yakın türleri içeren bir tayin anahtarı verildi. Yeni tür için, Uluslararası Doğa Koruma Birliği (IUCN) tehdit kategorisi ve populasyonu üzerinde ekolojik gözlemler değerlendirildi. Yeni türün kromozom sayısı 2n = 24 olarak belirlendi. Yeni tür ile yakın taksonlar arasındaki morfolojik farklılıklar tartışıldı. Anahtar sözcükler: Kromozom, geofit, Ornithogaleae, taksonomi Introduction The genus Ornithogalum L. in the tribe Ornithogaleae (Caurel) & Goldblatt of the subfamily Ornithogaloideae Speta (Hyacinthaceae Batsch) comprises about 160 species (Manning et al., 2009) or even 200 according to Martinez-Azorin et al. (2007). There are 14 genera in the subfamily Ornithogaloideae. Among them, Ornithogalum is the genus with the most species. This genus has a wide distribution, including Europe, Asia (reaching Afghanistan to the East), Africa (except the Tropic of Cancer band), and .
