Verbascum ergin-hamzaoglui (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey

WOS: 000290978000004Verbascum ergin-hamzaoglui Karavel. sp. nova (Sect. Bothrosperma Murb.), is described for the first time to the scientific community from South Anatolia in Turkey. The diagnostic morphological characters of these new species and other closely related species (V. diversifolium Hochst. and V cymigerum Hub.-Mor.) are discussed. In addition, distribution maps of V ergin-hamzaoglui and its related species are provided. The pollen morphologies of 3 taxa belonging to Verbascum L. from the family Scrophulariaceae from Turkey were investigated using a light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). This family's pollens show similarities to the eurypalynous family. The pollens of these taxa are generally of radial and isopolar symmetries. Pollen shape changes from subprolate to spheroidal. The shape of the aperture is tricolporate, sculpture is tectate, and ornamentation is reticulate. The seeds of this group are brown and are of oblong shape in V diversifolium and V cymigerum, while the shape is ovate in V ergin-hamzaoglui.TUBITAKTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [TBAG-HD/54-105T271]The authors wish to thank the curators of Herbaria ANK and HUB, who allowed them to study their Verbascum specimens, to Karel Sutory for sending some manuscripts, to TUB herbaria for sending some photos of type specimens, to Dr. Ozlem Mavi (Middle East Technical Univ.) and Associate Prof. Dr. Atilla Ocak (Osmangazi Univ.) for checking the Latin diagnosis and for their other helpful comments on the manuscript, and M. U. Ozbek and B. Bani for their help during fieldwork studies. We also wish to thank TUBITAK (Project Number: TBAG-HD/54-105T271) for the support provided