Allium dentiferum Webb & Berthel and Allium dodecanesii Karavokyrou & Tzanoudak were collected during a floristic study of South Anatolia. A. dodecanesii is reported as a new record for the flora of Turkey. Although collected earlier by Aznavour, Bothmer, and Brullo, specimens of A. dentiferum were misinterpreted and the species was thus not recorded for the flora of Turkey. | Research Article Turk J Bot 34 (2010) 391-395 © TÜBİTAK doi: A contribution to the genus Allium L. (Sect. Codonoprasum) in Turkey Mine KOÇYİĞİT*, Neriman ÖZHATAY İstanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, 34116 Beyazıt, İstanbul - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Allium dentiferum Webb & Berthel and Allium dodecanesii Karavokyrou & Tzanoudak were collected during a floristic study of South Anatolia. A. dodecanesii is reported as a new record for the flora of Turkey. Although collected earlier by Aznavour, Bothmer, and Brullo, specimens of A. dentiferum were misinterpreted and the species was thus not recorded for the flora of Turkey. We provide drawings and photographs of the species, and maps of their distribution in Turkey. Key words: Alliaceae, Allium, Codonoprasum, new record, South Anatolia, Turkey Türkiye florasına Allium L. (sect. Codonoprasum) cinsi ile ilgili katkılar Özet: Güney Anadolu’da yapılan floristik çalışma sırasında Allium dentiferum Webb & Berthel and Allium dodecanesii Karavokyrou & Tzanoudakis türleri toplanmıştır. A. dodecanesii Türkiye florası için yeni kayıttır. A. dentiferum türü ise Aznavour, Bothmer ve Brullo tarafından daha önce toplanmış, ancak örnekler yanlış tayin edildiği için Türkiye florasında yer almamıştır. Bu çalışmada türlerin çizimleri ve fotoğrafları ile Türkiye’deki yayılışlarını gösteren harita verilmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Alliaceae, Allium, Codonoprasum, yeni kayıt, Güney Anadolu, Türkiye Introduction The genus Allium L. is the largest genus of petaloid monocotyledons, comprising about 750 species naturally distributed only in the northern hemisphere. It is represented by 183 taxa in Turkey and it is grouped into 14 sections. Sect. Codonoprasum Reich. is the largest and the most complicated section in Turkey, where 44 taxa are represented, of which 18 are endemic to the country (Kollman, 1984; Özhatay & Tzanoudakis, 2000; Özhatay &
