Minuartia turcica (Caryophyllaceae) is described as a new species of sect. Minuartia. The specimens were collected from the village of Yukarıçiftlik in the district of Safranbolu (Karabük Province, Turkey). The new species is similar to Minuartia leucocephaloides, but the differences between the 2 species are discussed in this paper. | M. KOÇ, A. AKSOY, E. HAMZAOĞLU Research Article Turk J Bot 35 (2011) 337-341 © TÜBİTAK doi: A new species of Minuartia (Caryophyllaceae) from northwestern Anatolia, Turkey Murat KOÇ1,*, Ahmet AKSOY2, Ergin HAMZAOĞLU3 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Bozok University, 66200, Yozgat - TURKEY 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri - TURKEY 3 Department of Elementary Education, Gazi Faculty of Education, Gazi University, 06500, Ankara - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Minuartia turcica (Caryophyllaceae) is described as a new species of sect. Minuartia. The specimens were collected from the village of Yukarıçiftlik in the district of Safranbolu (Karabük Province, Turkey). The new species is similar to Minuartia leucocephaloides, but the differences between the 2 species are discussed in this paper. Descriptions and illustrations are given, as is information on the distribution and conservation status of the new species. Key words: Alsinoideae, Minuartia, taxonomy, western Black Sea region Türkiye’nin kuzeybatı Anadolu bölgesinden Minuartia’nın (Caryophyllaceae) yeni bir türü Özet: Minuartia turcica (Caryophyllaceae) sect. Minuartia’nın yeni bir türü olarak tanımlandı. Örnekler Safranbolu Yukarıçiftlik köyünden toplandı (Karabük). Yeni tür Minuartia leucocephaloides türüne yakındır. Türler arasındaki farklar tartışıldı. Yeni türün betimi, yayılışı, resmi ve koruma statüsü verildi. Anahtar sözcükler: Alsinoideae, Minuartia, taksonomi, batı Karadeniz bölgesi Introduction Minuartia L. is placed in the subfamily Alsinoideae (DC.) Fenzl in the family Caryophyllaceae. It comprises approximately 120 species and occurs in the northern hemisphere, with a few species native to Brazil and Chile (Bittrich, 1993). Minuartia includes 7 sections and 74 taxa found in Flora of Turkey (McNeill, 1967). As a result of recent studies, 2 taxa in this genus were .
