The Japanese species, Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) has been recorded as a new alien for the Flora of Turkey from the NE Anatolia. The detailed description of the species together with its photographs is provided. | Research Note Turk J Bot 33 (2009) 123-126 © TÜBİTAK doi: An Alien Species New to the Flora of Turkey: Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) Salih TERZİOĞLU1,*, Fergan KARAER2 1 Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Botany, Trabzon - TURKEY 2 Amasya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Biology, Amasya - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: The Japanese species, Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) has been recorded as a new alien for the Flora of Turkey from the NE Anatolia. The detailed description of the species together with its photographs is provided. Key Words: Adventive species, Lysimachia japonica, NE Anatolia Türkiye Florası İçin Doğallaşmış Yeni Bir Tür: Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) Özet: Bir Japonya türü olan Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Primulaceae) Türkiye florası için doğallaşmış bir tür olarak ilk kez Kuzeydoğu Anadolu’dan kaydedilmektedir. Detaylı betimi ve fotoğrafları verilmektedir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Doğallaşmış tür, Kuzeydoğu Anadolu, Lysimachia japonica Introduction Lysimachia L. is a cosmopolitan genus more common in temperate and subtropical parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 180 or possibly up to 250 species of the genus worldwide; however, a few species occur in the southern hemisphere (Kodela, 2006). The genus consists of annual or perennial herbs with the flowers axillary or in clusters, corolla 5-lobed. In Turkey, 7 native (Leblebici, 1978) and 1 adventive species occur. This genus belongs to the tribe Lysimachieae Rchb. and includes 6 sections (Shteinberg, 1967). According to study based on DNA sequence data from the chloroplast genes atpB, ndhF, and rbcL the genera Lysimachia L., Anagallis L., Trientalis Rupp. Ex L., Glaux L., Asterolinon Hoffmanns. & Link, and Pelletiera A. . were moved to the Myrsinaceae together with the genera Coris Tourn. Ex L., Ardisiandra, Hook f. and Cyclamen L. (Källersjö .
