Cirsium candelabrum Griseb. is reported for the first time from Thrace (Turkey). A description, including 2 photographs of the plant, and a map of its distribution in Turkey are presented. | Research Note Turk J Bot 33 (2009) 47-51 © TÜBİTAK doi: A New Record for the Flora of Turkey: Cirsium candelabrum Griseb. (Cirsium Sect. Cirsium, Asteraceae, Cynareae) Bayram YILDIZ1,*, Tuncay DİRMENCİ2, Turan ARABACI3 1 Balıkesir University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, Balıkesir - TURKEY 2 Balıkesir University, Necatibey Education Faculty, Department of Biology Education, Balıkesir - TURKEY 3 İnönü University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, Malatya - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Cirsium candelabrum Griseb. is reported for the first time from Thrace (Turkey). A description, including 2 photographs of the plant, and a map of its distribution in Turkey are presented. Key Words: Compositae, new record, Thrace Türkiye Florası için yeni bir Kayıt: Cirsium candelabrum Griseb. (Cirsium Sect. Cirsium, Asteraceae, Cynareae) Özet: Cirsium candelabrum Griseb. türü Trakya’dan (Türkiye) ilk defa kaydedilmiştir. Bu makalede, türün betimi, bitkinin çeşitli kısımlarını gösteren fotoğraflar ve Türkiye’deki yayılış haritası verilmiştir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Compositae, Trakya, yeni kayıt Introduction The genus Cirsium Mill. is one of the largest genera in Asteraceae. It contains about 250 species, distributed in Europe, North Africa, eastern, central, and south-west Asia, and North and Central America (Charadze, 1963; Davis & Parris, 1975; Petrak, 1979). In Turkey 58 species (72 taxa) occur, distributed mainly in eastern and northeastern Anatolia, with the main centre of diversity in the Kaçkar Mountains. Of the 72 taxa, 24 (33%) are endemic to Turkey. Seven species doubtfully recorded or imperfectly known were included in the Flora of Turkey by Davis and Parris (1975). C. eriophorum (L.) Scop., one of the doubtfully recorded taxa, was found in Uludağ, Bursa province (Daşkın et al., 2006). Cirsium spp. found in Turkey are classified in 3 sections: sect. Epitrachys DC. (41 spp.),
