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Scilla Hakkariensis, Sp. Nov. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae): a New Species of Scilla L adansonia 2020 ● 42 ● 2 DIRECTEUR DE LA PUBLICATION : Bruno David Président du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : Thierry Deroin RÉDACTEURS / EDITORS : Porter P. Lowry II ; Zachary S. Rogers ASSISTANTS DE RÉDACTION / ASSISTANT EDITORS : Emmanuel Côtez ([email protected]) MISE EN PAGE / PAGE LAYOUT : Emmanuel Côtez COMITÉ SCIENTIFIQUE / SCIENTIFIC BOARD : P. Baas (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Wageningen) F. Blasco (CNRS, Toulouse) M. W. Callmander (Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève) J. A. Doyle (University of California, Davis) P. K. Endress (Institute of Systematic Botany, Zürich) P. Feldmann (Cirad, Montpellier) L. Gautier (Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de la Ville de Genève) F. Ghahremaninejad (Kharazmi University, Téhéran) K. Iwatsuki (Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo) K. 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Diffusion – Publications scientifiques Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle CP 41 – 57 rue Cuvier F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) Tél. : 33 (0)1 40 79 48 05 / Fax : 33 (0)1 40 79 38 40 [email protected] / http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr © Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 2020 ISSN (imprimé / print) : 1280-8571/ ISSN (électronique / electronic) : 1639-4798 Scilla hakkariensis, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae): a new species of Scilla L. from Hakkari (eastern Anatolia) Mehmet FIRAT Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Education, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van (Turkey) [email protected] (corresponding author) Hasan YILDIRIM Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Bornova, İzmir (Turkey) Submitted on 15 May 2019 | accepted on 17 July 2019 | published on 24 February 2020 Fırat M. & Yıldırım H. 2020. — Scilla hakkariensis, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae): a new species of Scilla L. from Hakkari (eastern Anatolia). Adansonia, sér. 3, 42 (2): 89-94. https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2020v42a2. http:// adansonia.com/42/2 ABSTRACT Scilla hakkariensis, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae), described herein as a new species to science, is endemic to the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. It is related to S. libanotica Speta and S. mischtschenkoana KEY WORDS Grossh., but clearly differs from them based on the morphological differences presented in the species Asparagaceae, description. Specifically, it is easily distinguished from both of them by its seeds without elaiosome. Hakkari, Scilla, In addition, the conservation status, a distribution map, and notes on the biogeography and ecology new species. of the new species are given. RÉSUMÉ Scilla hakkariensis, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) : une espèce nouvelle de Scilla L. d’Hakkari (Ana- tolie orientale). Scilla hakkariensis, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae), ici décrite comme nouvelle pour la science, est endémique MOTS CLÉS d’Anatolie orientale (Turquie). Elle est affine deS. libanotica Speta et S. mischtschenkoana Grossh., mais Asparagaceae, s’en distingue clairement par quelques traits morphologiques exposés dans la diagnose, notamment Hakkari, Scilla, l’absence d’élaiosome sur les graines. En outre, son statut de conservation, sa répartition et des notes espèce nouvelle. sur sa biogéographie et son écologie ont été précisés. ADANSONIA, sér. 3 • 2020 • 42 (2) © Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. www.adansonia.com 89 Fırat M. & Yıldırım H. INTRODUCTION From a plant biodiversity aspect, the Cilo and Sat Moun- tains in the province of Hakkari in eastern Turkey are very Many taxonomical studies have been made on the status of the rich areas. Not only the geographic structure, but also the genus Scilla and Scilla species (Speta 1998a, b; Stedje 1998; military-security conditions have obstructed the area from Pfosser & Speta 1999). Speta (1998a) separated the genus Scilla being explored. According to the literature, after Joy Garden, s.l. into many small genera via morphological, karyological, who carried out the first floristic investigation in Hakkari and DNA sequencing techniques. Govaerts (2018) accepted in 1858, a total of 22 foreign botanists have performed that and kept the status of the genera Prospero Salisb., Zagrosia investigations and collected nearly 700 taxa from Hakkari Speta, Fessia Speta, Pseudoprospero Speta, Schizocarphus Merwe, (Fırat 2013, 2014). In spite of this, this area remains greatly Merwilla Speta, Ledebouria Roth, and Hyacinthoides Medicus unexplored thanks to the Cilo and Sat mountain chain, in the Speta system in the world checklist of selected plant which is approximately 80 km long and extends to the Iraqi families. However, the genera Autonoe (Webb & Berthel.) border. This area comprises many unexplored regions that Speta, Chouardia Speta, Nectaroscilla Parl., Schnarfia Speta, still contain completely wild habitats. In recent years, many Othocallis Salisb., Oncostema Raf., Pfosseria Speta, and Tractema new taxa have been discovered at this area, such as Clino- Raf. were not accepted (Govaerts 2018). According to Speta, podium hakkaricum Dirmenci & Fırat (Fırat & Dirmenci Scilla armena Grossh., S. cilicica Siehe, S. libanotica Speta, 2009), Verbascum kurdistanicum Fırat (Fırat 2015), Cirsium S. mischtschenkoana Grossh., S. rosenii K.Koch, and S. siberica semzinanicum Fırat (Fırat 2016c), Iris koyuncui Fırat (Fırat Andrews, etc., belong to the genus Othocallis Salisb. We fol- 2016a), Saxifraga hakkariensis Fırat (Fırat 2016b), Stachys low Govaerts (2018) and treat here all these taxa within genus hakkariensis Akçiçek & Fırat (Akçiçek et al. 2016), Gundelia Scilla, Othocallis is not a separate genus from Scilla (Yıldırım colemerikensis Fırat (Fırat 2016d), Iris zagrica B. Mathew & 2012). In contrast to Speta (1998a), we evaluated the taxa Zarrei subsp. hakkariensis Fırat (Fırat 2017). under Scilla s.l. as paraphyletic (Yıldırım 2012). Moreover, The first author collected an interesting Scilla taxon in the morphological differentiation between Othocallis and Scilla two populations from the Şemdinli and Çukurca districts (e.g., bract short [in Othocallis], bract very short, collar-shaped of Hakkari, which the authors believe to be a new species or irregular shaped [in Scilla]; scapes 1-several [in Othocallis], to science. scape 1[in Scilla]; and testa papillose [in Othocallis], testa smooth [in Scilla]) are not of high importance when separat- ing this genus from Scilla s.l. MATERIAL AND METHODS According to Speta (1998b), only Scilla bifolia L. and closely related taxa, which included Chionodoxa Boiss., formed the The specimens of Scilla hakkariensis sp. nov. were examined genus Scilla s.s. using a stereo binocular microscope. In total 70 living and 20 Within the scope of the World Checklist of Selected Plant herbarium samples of this new species were examined. At least Families, Govaerts (2018) indicated that the total number 40 mature seeds and 50 pollen grains were measured using of Scilla L. taxa is 93, with distribution in Europe, Africa, light microscopy. For scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and western Asia. the selected pollen grains were placed on aluminum stubs, The first revision ofScilla in Turkey was carried out by coated with gold using a Quorum Q150 RES Coater, and Mordak (1984), according to him, Scilla is represented by examined using an Carl Zeiss 300VP SEM. The specimens 14 species there. were compared with many other Scilla specimens collected Yıldırım (2012) specified 16Scilla species (including Chiono- from different localities and deposited in variousinternatio - doxa) and reported a hybrid in the last checklist of Turkish nal and national herbaria such as AIBU, ANK, E, EGE, G, plants. He resurrected the status of Scilla persica Hausskn. GAZI, HUB, ISTE, ISTF, K, KATO, KNYA, P, VANF, W and and Scilla siehei (Baker) Speta, contrary to that reported by WU. Relevant literature sources were also consulted during Govaerts (2018). According to Yıldırım (2012), a total of six the identification and outlining of the specimens Mordak( species are endemic to Turkey. 1984; Speta 1998a, b; Pfosser & Speta 1999; Yıldırım 2012, Yıldırım et al. (2013) described an unusual and morpho-
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