Specimens of Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. were collected from A2 (A) Bursa, Uludag. This study confirms the presence of this species, which is given as a doubtful record in the flora of Turkey. A description, photographs, an illustration of the median phyllaries and a distribution map of the species are also given. | Turk J Bot 30 (2006) 461-465 © TÜB‹TAK Research Note Presence of Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae) in Turkey Ruziye DAfiKIN*, Özer YILMAZ, Gönül KAYNAK Uluda¤ University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: Specimens of Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. were collected from A2 (A) Bursa, Uluda¤. This study confirms the presence of this species, which is given as a doubtful record in the flora of Turkey. A description, photographs, an illustration of the median phyllaries and a distribution map of the species are also given. Key Words: Cirsium, Asteraceae, doubtful record, taxonomy, Turkey Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae)’un Türkiye’deki Varl›¤› Özet: Bu çal›flma Türkiye floras›’nda flüpheli bir kay›t olarak verilen ancak taraf›m›zdan A2 (A) Bursa, Uluda¤’dan toplanan Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop. türünün varl›¤›n› kan›tlamay› amaçlamaktad›r. Türün betimi, foto¤raflar›, ortadaki fillarilerinin çizimi ve da¤›l›fl haritas› da çal›flmaya eklenmifltir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Cirsium, Asteraceae, flüpheli kay›t, taksonomi, Türkiye Introduction The genus Cirsium Mill. is one of the most important genera in the family Asteraceae (Compositae) and is divided into 3 sections (Epitrachys, Cirsium and Cephalonoplos) in the flora of Turkey. Previously, the genus Cirsium was represented by 65 taxa, but 7 species of these were given as doubtful records or imperfectly known (Davis & Parris, 1975). Later, 5 species and 1 subspecies were described from Turkey (Davis et al., 1988; Güner et al., 2000). Finally, the total number of taxa reached 71. Flowering and fruiting Cirsium specimens were collected from Bursa province during field studies performed during PhD research by the first author. After checking the Flora of Turkey and Flora Europaea (Davis & Parris, 1975; Werner, 1976; Davis et al., 1988; Güner et al., 2000), we concluded that these specimens were Cirsium eriophorum.
