Verbascum faik-karaveliogullarii (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Verbascum faik-karaveliogullarii Çıngay & Cabi (sect. Bothrospermae) is described as new to science from Hâkkari province (SE Anatolia, Turkey). This new species shows affinities to both Verbascum afyonense from inner Anatolia and Verbascum spectabile var. isandrum from N Anatolia. Its connections to and diagnostic differences from these species are discussed. A detailed description including pollen and seed morphologies, map and threat category of the new species are also given. © 2018 Magnolia Press.Universidad de AlicanteThe authors are grateful to the curators of the herbaria ANK and HUB for allowing them to study their Verbascum collections; Husrüf Tek and Ahmet Akbaba for their help during the fieldwork; Nihan Şişli for illustration, SEM Laboratory personnel of NABİLTEM (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University) for their assistance in coating the pollen samples and taking their photographs during the SEM studies. We are also grateful to the Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Foundation for fieldwork funds. Two anonymous reviewers and Prof. Manuel B. Crespo (University of Alicante) made a constructive criticism that improved the text