Five new records of the genus Echinops (Asteraceae) from Turkey

Echinops ritrodes Bunge, E. gaillardotii Boiss., E. adenocaulos Boiss., E. chardinii Boiss. & Buhse, and E. tenuisectus . were recorded for the first time in Turkey. The taxa are described and illustrated. Geographical distributions of the taxa are also mapped, and IUCN threat categories of the populations are discussed. | C. VURAL, H. ŞAPCI Research Article Turk J Bot 36 (2012) 151-160 © TÜBİTAK doi: Five new records of the genus Echinops (Asteraceae) from Turkey Cem VURAL1,*, Handan ŞAPCI2 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri - TURKEY 2 Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Echinops ritrodes Bunge, E. gaillardotii Boiss., E. adenocaulos Boiss., E. chardinii Boiss. & Buhse, and E. tenuisectus . were recorded for the first time in Turkey. The taxa are described and illustrated. Geographical distributions of the taxa are also mapped, and IUCN threat categories of the populations are discussed. Key words: Echinops, Compositae, new record, taxonomy, Turkey Türkiye için Echinops (Asteraceae) cinsinin beş yeni kaydı Özet: Echinops ritrodes Bunge, E. gaillardotii Boiss., E. adenocaulos Boiss., E. chardinii Boiss. & Buhse ve E. tenuisectus . Türkiye’den ilk kez kaydedilmiştir. Taksonların tanımları ve şekilleri verilmiştir. Ayrıca bu taksonların coğrafik dağılışları da haritalanmıştır. Populasyonların, IUCN tehlike kategorileri tartışılmıştır. Anahtar sözcükler: Echinops, Compositae, yeni kayıt, taksonomi, Türkiye Introduction The genus Echinops L. (Asteraceae) consists of approximately 120 species (Bobrov, 1997; Susanna & Garcia-Jacas, 2007), distributed in Africa and the Mediterranean basin (Jäger, 1987; Garnatje et al., 2004). In Turkey, the genus comprises 19 species, including 2 subspecies and 3 varieties (Hedge, 1975; Gemici & Leblebici, 1992; Garnatje et al., 2005; Özhatay et al., 2009; Vural et al., 2010). During 2007-2008, some unusual specimens of Echinops were collected from different regions in Turkey. At first these specimens appeared to be very similar to some Turkish species of Echinops. After comprehensive examination and revision of various relevant literature (Rechinger, 1964, 1979;