A new late flowering, reddish brown Iris L. species from the subgenus Scorpiris Spach, Iris nezahatiae Güner & , is described and illustrated from north-east Turkey. Its distinguishing characters, affinities, and ecology are discussed and its threat category is assessed as ‘Critically endangered (CR)’. | Turk J Bot 31 (2007) 311-315 © TÜB‹TAK Research Article A New Juno Iris from North-east Anatolia, Turkey 1, 2 Adil GÜNER *, Hayri DUMAN 1 Nezahat Gökyi¤it Botanik Bahçesi, Tekfen Sitesi, Ayd›nl›k Sokak, No: 7, A Blok, 34340 Etiler, Befliktafl, ‹stanbul - TURKEY 2 Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 06560 Teknikokullar, Ankara - TURKEY Received: Accepted: Abstract: A new late flowering, reddish brown Iris L. species from the subgenus Scorpiris Spach, Iris nezahatiae Güner & , is described and illustrated from north-east Turkey. Its distinguishing characters, affinities, and ecology are discussed and its threat category is assessed as ‘Critically endangered (CR)’. Key Words: Iridaceae, Iris, Juno, Flora, Turkey, Flora of Turkey, Monocotyledones Türkiye’nin Kuzey Do¤usundan Yeni Bir Juno Iris L. Türü Özet: Türkiye’nin kuzey-do¤u’sundan yeni bir tür betimlenmifl ve resimlenmifltir: Iris nezahatiae Güner & . Altcins Scorpiris Spach’e dahil olan yeni tür, çok geç çiçek açmakta ve çiçek rengi k›rm›z›ms› kahverengidir. Makalede türün ay›rdedici özellikleri, akrabal›klar› ve ekolojisi tart›fl›lm›fl; dahil oldu¤u tehdit kategorisi ‘vahim (CR)’ olarak belirlenmifltir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Iridaceae, Iris, Juno, Flora, Türkiye, Türkiye Floras›, Monocotyledones Introduction On June 5, 2005, an Iris L. specimen (MÖZT 3639, NGBB accession number 2004-452B, collected in 2004) flowered in the geophyte collection of the Nezahat Gökyi¤it Botanic Garden, ‹stanbul (NGBB). It was certainly a juno iris (subgenus Scorpiris Spach) but it was an unusually late time of year for a juno iris to flower, even in ‹stanbul, since all the other junos in NGBB had finished flowering at the end of April. In addition to its late flowering time, the flowers were a very unusual brownish-pink. For these reasons, the first author started studying the material and realised that it might represent a new iris species. In general appearance it .
