Aubrieta birolmutlui (Brassicaceae), a new species from Eastern Turkey with molecular phylogenetic support

Dönmez A. A., Uğurlu Aydın Z., Kaya Y., Yüzbaşıoğlu İ. S.

PHYTOTAXA, cilt.579, sa.4, ss.278-288, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 579 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Dergi Adı: PHYTOTAXA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.278-288
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aubrieta birolmutlui is described as a new species from the eastern part of Turkey based on morphological and molecular

data. The new species is confined to limestone rock and is most similar to A. macrostyla, but it differs by having only

rosette-like basal leaves, larger and entire leaves with sparse indumentum, bigger fruit and short style. The new species is

also close to A. libanotica and A. canescens according to the morphological data. The morphological characters of the new

species distinguishing it from its relatives are given in a comparative table and discussed. This new species, the closest

relative taxa, and some of the Aubrieta species have been studied by sequencing the most commonly used plastid markers in

the genus, namely trnS- ycf9, trnL-F and trnL intron. All the sequences have been evaluated by Maximum Likelihood and

Bayesian approaches and the results support the morphological species delimitation. A detailed morphological description,

photographs from the habitat of the new species, and a phylogenetic consensus tree are provided herein. The new species is

assigned to the CR threat category of the IUCN.