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Crocus Isauricus Siehe Ex Bowles (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) and Its Relatives 3-18 Kerndorff & Al ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Stapfia Jahr/Year: 2014 Band/Volume: 0101 Autor(en)/Author(s): Kerndorff Helmut, Pasche Erich, Harpke Dörte Artikel/Article: Crocus isauricus Siehe ex Bowles (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) and its relatives 3-18 KERNDORFF & al. • Crocus isauricus and its relatives STAPFIA 101 (2014): 3–18 Crocus isauricus SIEHE ex BOWLES (Liliiflorae, Iridaceae) and its relatives H. KERNDORFF*, E. PASCHE & D. HARPKE Abstract: Recent phylogenetic works on the genus Crocus proved several infra-generic units predominantly within section Nudiscapus to be para- or polyphyletic. An example for this is the former “Crocus biflorus aggregate” with more than 20 subspecies of C. biflorus. The subspecies of C. biflorus including subsp. isauricus turned out to be polyphyletic grouping in very different phylogenetic clades and sub-groups. Several series of this section established by Mathew either cannot be kept in their original version, or new series have to be introduced to arrive at a system of Crocus that closely reflects species relationships. This is e.g. the case for the former C. biflorus ssp. isauricus. Together with its relatives it assembles a distinct group in the recent phylogeny. Therefore it is necessary to raise it to species level (again) like this is done for all its close relatives. Crocus isauricus represents now the type species of the new series Isauri which is introduced in this article including all presently known species. Zusammenfassung: Neue phylogenetische Arbeiten zur Gattung Crocus zeigen para- und polyphyletische Gruppierungen von Taxa, speziell in Sektion Nudiscapus. Ein Beispiel dafür ist das ehemalige Crocus biflorus Aggregat mit mehr als 20 Subspezies von C. biflorus, die sich in sehr verschiedenen phylogenetischen Gruppen und Untergruppen befinden. Einige der von Mathew etablierten Serien können entweder nicht in der ursprünglichen Art beibehalten werden oder neue Serien müssen definiert werden, die die realen Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse widerspiegeln. Dies ist z. B. der Fall für die ehemalige Subspezies isauricus von C. biflorus. Zusammen mit ihren Verwandten bildet sie eine homogene Gruppe innerhalb der Phylogenie. Es ist daher notwendig, diese Subspezies wieder in den Art-Status zu erheben, wie dies der Fall ist bei all ihren Verwandten. Crocus isauricus bildet nun die Typ-Spezies der neuen Serie Isauri, die in diesem Artikel vorgestellt wird, zusammen mit allen gegenwärtig bekannten Arten. Key words: Crocus, phylogeny, new series Isauri, new species Crocus rechingeri, Crocus concinnus. * Correspondence to: [email protected] Introduction infra-generic units predominantly within section Nudiscapus to be para- or polyphyletic. An example for this is the former Walter Erdmann Siehe was a German engineer who lived for “Crocus biflorus aggregate” with more than 20 subspecies of more than 25 years in Turkey and belongs certainly to the most Crocus biflorus including subsp. isauricus. The subspecies of C. important personalities in studying Anatolian bulbous plants. biflorus turned out to group in very different phylogenetic clades He added much to the knowledge of Turkish crocuses and made and sub-groups. Those molecular findings clearly support a) a many distributions to bulb specialists and enthusiasts in Europe. distinction of such taxa in the genus Crocus at species level and One crocus specimen of the British Museum was collected by b) indicate that several series of this section established by MA- him in the Cilician Taurus. This specimen is regarded as authen- THEW (1982) either cannot be kept in their original version, e.g., tic material by MATHEW (1982) but it is unfortunately not the type series Reticulati (HARPKE et al. 2014), or new series have to be specimen of Crocus isauricus which remains unknown. introduced to arrive at a system of Crocus that closely reflects Despite this fact it was used by Bowles (1924) to describe species relationships. Crocus isauricus SIEHE ex BOWLES. In his revision of the genus Consequently, in case of C. isauricus, we go back to the Crocus Mathew transferred it to subspecific rank within Crocus original status of this crocus and classify it again with species biflorus MILLER which has a wide distribution in southern Turkey rank. Based on the molecular results of section Nudiscapus we from the Lycian Taurus to the mountains north of Silifke (MA- are now able to draw a better resolved picture of this section as THEW, 1982). well as of the whole genus. In this article we discuss C. isauricus However, recent phylogenetic analyses of the genus Cro- and its relatives. Detailed molecular-systematic results concer- cus (PETERSEN et al. 2008; HARPKE et al. 2013) proved several ning these findings will be published elsewhere. STAPFIA: reports 3 KERNDORFF & al. • Crocus isauricus and its relatives STAPFIA 101 (2014): 3–18 Fig. 1: Asia Minor under the Greeks and Romans. General aspects on C. isauricus and its relatives lato from the coastal mountains of the Isaurian Taurus (HKEP 1110 and 1116) are closely related to C. mersinensis (Fig. 2) ano- “Isauria” was an ancient inland district of south-central ther near relative of C. isauricus, which also occurs in the Isau- Anatolia (Fig. 1). Greco-Roman authors described the inhabitants rian Taurus (Pusatlı Dağları). In addition, there are several more as war-liking and uncivilized mountain people conquered by the distant geographical exclaves inhabited by close relatives, name- Roman general Publius Servilius Vatia “Isauricus” in a three- ly C. abracteolus in the Cilician Taurus (Bolkar Dağları), C. ma- year campaign, 76–74 B.C. Their country with its capital Isaura wii and C. concinnus in the Pisidian Taurus (Kuyucak Dağları), Palaia (appr. 40 km west of Karaman, near the modern village of C. fauseri, C. caricus, and C. antherotes in Caria (Kavak Dağları, Güneysınır), was united with Cilicia by Pompey; and under the Menteşe Dağları), C. rechingeri in the Lycian Taurus (Babadağ) emperor Augustus (27 B.C. – ad 14) it became part of the Roman with a relative in the Isaurian Taurus (C. karamanensis), and C. province of Galatia. tauricus in the mountains of the Crimean peninsula. The latter Most important in case of C. isauricus is that the population two exclaves are rather unexpected because of the large distance from the Sertavul pass in the Isaurian Taurus, which can be re- separating them from their nearest relatives (Tab. 1). cognised as from “near type” locality, is genetically and morpho- The well known, recently by the Hellenic Database (STRID, logically quite different to other allegedly “C. isauricus” from 1996) confirmed Rechinger line, separates in the Aegean floral more westerly localities, especially in Lycia and Caria. Indeed, elements of Asia Minor from European ones. Different to the genetic analyses revealed a clearly separable group of species adopted floristic divisions of Greece (STRID, 1996) RECHINGER in which C. isauricus and its relatives appear (Fig. 2). Crocus & RECHINGER-MOSER (1951) also separate the main islands of the isauricus from “near type” of which we define and describe an south Aegean island arc (Kithira, Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes) epitype of this species has its main distribution area in the Isau- from the Cyclades and the east Aegean islands. In case of crocus rian Taurus with a center to the south of the city of Karaman and this is very interesting, as, e.g., relatives of C. biflorus from Rho- its larger vicinity. des and Karpathos genetically have closer relatives in Italy and Its closest relative is C. taseliensis of the central Taurus pla- Greece than on the western Turkish mainland or the east Aegean teau (Taseli Yarımadası). Surprisingly, two C. chrysanthus sensu islands. This confirmsD AVIS (1971) who sees significant floristic 4 STAPFIA: reports KERNDORFF & al. • Crocus isauricus and its relatives STAPFIA 101 (2014): 3–18 links between the mountain flora of the Taurus and mainland C. tauricus a Greece, even stronger than between the mountain floras of west 0.90 Anatolia and Greece. C. abracteolus HKEP1040 For this reason one can draw another border-line on the Tur- C. concinnus HKEP0007 kish mainland right across the Babadağ in west-east direction. C. mawii HKEP0413 At least in the case of C. isauricus and its relatives this line se- 0.85 C. taseliensis HKEP0512a parates to the north those taxa belonging genetically to western 0.98 C. taseliensis HKEP0512b Anatolia and to the south those which have relatives in the Tau- 1 series rus as well as in Greece and Italy. Indeed, the present phytogeo- C. isauricus HKEP1041 0.98 graphical borders inside Turkey between the two Mediterranean C. cf. chrysanthus HKEP1110 districts “West Anatolia” and “Taurus” coincides with this line C. mersinensis HKEP0104 Isauri (DAVIS, 1971). If prolonged westwards to the north of Rhodes it 0.98 0.62 joins the separation line of the south Aegean island arc from the C. cf. chrysanthus HKEP1116 Cyclades and the east Aegean islands. C. caricus HKEP0307 On the northern part of the Anatolian phytogeographical 0.85 C. fauseri HKEP0305 1 border (north of the Babadağ) grows C. rechingeri (HKEP 0115, C. antherotes HKEP0209 Tab. 1) a relative of C. isauricus. On its southern side occurs C. karamanensis HKEP0108 Crocus babadagensis (KERNDORFF et al. 2013), which has a re- 1 lation to C. biflorus sensu lato of Italy (GAT 7198) and Greece C. rechingeri HKEP0115 (DB 4387). For the time being this result supports and extends C. yataganensis HKEP0402 Rechinger’s findings at least for some members of the genus C. nerimaniae HKEP0315 Crocus. To honour Karl-Heinz Rechinger for his outstanding botanical work concerning the Aegean flora we name the new C. roseoviolaceus HKEP0513 0.74 crocus from the Babadağ Crocus rechingeri. The closest known C. wattiorum HKEP9548 0.99 relative of this one lives rather far away in the Isaurian Taurus C. mediotauricus HKEP0112 (C. karamanensis, HKEP 0108).
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