Scorzonera ketzkhovelii Grossh. (Asteraceae) was recently collected from Yusufeli, Artvin (north-east Anatolia) and it has been reported as a new species record for the flora of Turkey. It is described and illustrated. In addition, its karyological features and pollen morphology are given. | Research Note Turk J Bot 34 (2010) 57-61 © TÜBİTAK doi: A new record for the flora of Turkey: Scorzonera ketzkhovelii Grossh. (Asteraceae) Ergin HAMZAOĞLU1,*, Ahmet AKSOY2, Esra MARTİN3, Nur Münevver PINAR4, Hatice ÇÖLGEÇEN5 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Bozok University, 66200 Yozgat - TURKEY 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri - TURKEY 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Niğde University, 51350 Niğde - TURKEY 4Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, 06100 Ankara - TURKEY 5Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Karaelmas University, 67100 Zonguldak - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Scorzonera ketzkhovelii Grossh. (Asteraceae) was recently collected from Yusufeli, Artvin (north-east Anatolia) and it has been reported as a new species record for the flora of Turkey. It is described and illustrated. In addition, its karyological features and pollen morphology are given. Key words: Scorzonera, new record, karyology, pollen morphology, Turkey Türkiye florası için yeni bir kayıt: Scorzonera ketzkhovelii Grossh. (Asteraceae) Özet: Yusufeli, Artvin’den (kuzeydoğu Anadolu) toplanan Scorzonera ketzkhovelii Grossh. (Asteraceae) Türkiye florası için yeni bir kayıttır. Tür betimlendi ve resmedildi. Ayrıca, türün karyolojik özellikleri ve polen morfolojisi verildi. Anahtar sözcükler: Scorzonera, yeni kayıt, karyoloji, polen morfolojisi, Türkiye Introduction The genus Scorzonera L. encompasses about 180 species and, being Ancient Mediterranean by origin, it is widely spread among the arid regions of Eurasia and northern Africa (Lack, 2007). In Turkey, Scorzonera was revised by Chamberlain (1975) for “Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands”, some other new species, such as Scorzonera pisidica ., S. latifolia (Fisch. & .) DC. var. angustifolia Prilipko apud. Lipsch., S. .
