Malcolmia intermedia . (Cruciferae/Brassicaceae) is recorded for the first time (A9 Kars) for the flora of Turkey. A description, scan, and distribution map of the species are given. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 415-417 © TÜBİTAK Research Note A New Record for Turkey: Malcolmia intermedia . (Brassicaceae) Murat ÜNAL*, Fevzi ÖZGÖKÇE Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 65080 Van - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Malcolmia intermedia . (Cruciferae/Brassicaceae) is recorded for the first time (A9 Kars) for the flora of Turkey. A description, scan, and distribution map of the species are given. Key Words: Flora of Turkey, Kars, Cruciferae, Malcolmia, new record Türkiye İçin Yeni Bir Kayıt: Malcolmia intermedia . (Brassicaceae) Özet: Malcolmia intermedia . (Cruciferae/Brassicaceae) Türkiye’de ilk defa A9 Kars’tan kaydedilmektedir. Türün deskripsyonu, taraması ve dağılışı verilmiştir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Türkiye Florası, Kars, Cruciferae, Malcolmia, yeni kayıt Introduction During floristic investigations, the authors collected many interesting specimens belonging to Cruciferae from around the Aras River (Halıkışlak, Kars, north-east Anatolia, Turkey). Initial attempts to name one specimen using the Flora of Turkey (Cullen, 1965; Davis et al., 1988; Güner et al., 2000) were unsuccessful. Eventually, using the generic account in the Flora of Iraq (Townsend, 1980), the specimens were identified as Strigosella intermedia (.) Botsch. Strigosella Boiss. is now considered a synonym of Malcolmia (Greuter et al., 1986; Al-Shehbaz et al., 2006). It was a new record for the flora of Turkey. The species has a wide range of distribution including Iraq, Transcaucasia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Figure 1. Malcolmia intermedia . Malcolmia intermedia ., Verz. Pflanz. Cauc.: 186 (1831). (Figure 1). * E-mail: muratunal_yyu@ 415 A New Record for Turkey: Malcolmia intermedia . (Brassicaceae) Syn.: Strigosella intermedia (.) Botsch. in Bot. : 1040 (1972) M. runcinata ., ibid.: 186 (1831); Boiss., .
