Echinops dumanii is described and illustrated from Adana province, South Anatolia, Turkey. It is considered to be endemic to Turkey. The morphological differences from the closely related species Echinops phaeocephalus . are discussed | Research Article Turk J Bot 34 (2010) 513-519 © TÜBİTAK doi: A new species of Echinops (Asteraceae) from Turkey Cem VURAL1,*, Mustafa Kemal BİTER2, Mehmet Yaşar DADANDI1 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri - TURKEY 2Primary schools of Manas, Turkish Ministry of National Education, Ceyhan, Adana - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Echinops dumanii is described and illustrated from Adana province, South Anatolia, Turkey. It is considered to be endemic to Turkey. The morphological differences from the closely related species Echinops phaeocephalus . are discussed. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threat category and observations on the ecology of the populations are noted. The geographical distribution of the new species is mapped. Key words: Compositae, Echinops, pollen, taxonomy Türkiye’den Echinops’un (Asteraceae) yeni bir türü Özet: Echinops dumanii Adana ilinden yeni bir tür olarak tanımlandı. Türkiye’ye endemic olarak değerlendirilen türün, yakın akrabası olan Echinops phaeocephalus . türünden morfolojik farklılıkları tartışıldı. Yeni tür için, Uluslararası Doğa Koruma Birliği (IUCN) tehdit kategorisi belirlendi ve ekolojik gözlemler not edilerek, coğrafik dağılımı harita üzerinde gösterildi. Anahtar sözcükler: Compositae Echinops, polen, taksonomi Introduction The genus Echinops L. (Asteraceae) comprises about 18 species, 2 subspecies and 3 varieties in Turkey (Hedge, 1975; Gemici & Leblebici, 1992; Greuter, 2006-2009; Özhatay et al., 2009). According to Hedge (1975), there are 9 endemic species in the Flora of Turkey area. The present study raises this number to 10. Echinops species in Turkey been classified into 3 sections: Echinops (12 species), Ritrodes Bunge (2 species), and Oligolepis Bunge (2 species). Usually, species of Echinops are anthropophilous or ruderal plants. They are found in fields, on
