Taxonomic notes on Tragopogon together with two newly described taxa from Anatolia
22 March 2016
Gültepe, Mutlu; Kamil, Coskuncelebi; Makbul, Serdar; Terzioglu, SalihTragopogon L. (Asteraceae) includes several cryptic species that are geographically widespread and morphologically similar. Here, we describe two new native species from eastern Anatolia. Through both morphological and molecular data, we present the (i) diagnostic characteristics, (ii) description, (iii) pollen grains and micro- and macro-morphological properties of achenes, and (iv) conservation status of the newly described species. Current morphological and molecular findings support treating T. reticulatus Boiss. & Huet and the newly described two taxa under the section Profundisulcati Kuthath. Molecular outcomes based on internal transcribed spacer data showed that T. longirostris Sch. Bip. is a distinct species rather than a subspecies of T. porrifolius L. (T. porrifolius subsp. longirostris (Sch. Bip.) Greuter) and that ligule colour is not an important trait within the genus at the subrageneric level, as well.