Klasea serratuloides subsp karamanica subsp nov (Asteraceae), from the central and south Anatolia transition zone, Turkey

Abstract

A new subspecies, Klasea serratuloides (DC.) Greuter & Wagenitz subsp. karamanica B. Dogan & A. Duran (Asteraceae), is described and illustrated from Anatolia, Turkey. Th e subspecies grows on stony places in the Ayranc ı and Ermenek district (C4 Karaman Province), Ere ğ li district (C5 Konya province) and Uluk ı ş la (C5 Ni ğ de province) in the central and south Anatolia transition zone. It is morphologically similar to K. serratuloides subsp. serratuloides . Diagnostic morphological characters from closely similar taxa are discussed and arranged in a key. Ecology and conservation status of the subspecies is also presented. In addition, the geographical distribution of the new subspecies and other related species is mapped. Th e pollen morphology and achene surface of K. serratuloides subsp. karamanica and K. serratuloides subsp. serratuloides were examined by SEM.