Check list of the genus biarum schott in the flora of Turkey, with a new record for Turkey: Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) H.riedl

In this paper an expanded morphological description of this species is provided. Moreover, an image of a type specimen, a photograph of a plant from the field, an illustration of a plant, and a distribution map are presented. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 305-310 © TÜB‹TAK Research Article Check-List of the Genus Biarum Schott in the Flora of Turkey, with a New Record for Turkey: Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) Hasan AKAN1,*, Mehmet Maruf BALOS2 1 Harran University, Sciences and Arts Faculty, Biology Department, fianl›urfa - TURKEY 2 Osmangazi Primary School, S›rr›n, fianl›urfa – TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: A check-list of the genus Biarum Schott in the Flora of Turkey is presented, with 10 taxa, of which 2 are endemic to Turkey. A list of taxonomical changes that have occurred since the publication of the Flora of Turkey, Supplement II is given. In addition, Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) is recorded for the first time (C6 Gaziantep) from Turkey. In this paper an expanded morphological description of this species is provided. Moreover, an image of a type specimen, a photograph of a plant from the field, an illustration of a plant, and a distribution map are presented. Key Words: Araceae, Biarum syriacum, check-list, Flora of Turkey, new record Türkiye Floras›nda Biarum Schott cinsinin tür listesi ve Türkiye için Yeni Bir Kay›t: Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) Özet: Bu çal›flmada, Türkiye’deki Biarum Schott cinsinin tür listesi ve Türkiye Floras›’n›n 2. ek cildinin yay›mlanmas›ndan bu yana görülen taksonomik de¤iflikliklere yer verilmifltir. Türkiye Floras› için cinsin toplam 10 taksondan olufltu¤u ve bunlar›n 2 tanesinin Türkiye için endemik oldu¤u saptanm›flt›r. Bununla birlikte, Biarum syriacum (Spreng.) türü Türkiye’den (C6 Gaziantep) ilk defa kaydedilmektedir. Bu makalede, türün geniflletilmifl morfolojik deskripsiyonu verilmifltir. Ayr›ca, türün tip örne¤inin görüntüsü, alandan çekilen foto¤raf›, çizimi ve yay›l›fl haritas›na yer verilmifltir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Araceae, Biarum syriacum, check-list, Türkiye Floras›, yeni kay›t Introduction Biarum Schott includes 21 species of dwarf tuberousstemmed herbs that occur in semi-arid and seasonally .