Aethionema aytachii (Brassicaceae): A new species from central Anatolia, Turkey

Authors: KUDDİSİ ERTUĞRUL, ERGİN HAMZAOĞLU, HAKKI DEMİRELMA, TUNA UYSAL, MERYEM BOZKURT, EMRAH ŞİRİN, BURCU YILMAZ ÇITAK, I. A. AL-SHEHBAZ

Abstract: Aethionema aytachii Ertuğrul & Hamzaoğlu, a new species from central Anatolia that grows on marly hills in the Ayaş district of Ankara Province (Turkey), is described and its relationships and distinguishing characters from the closest relative A. dumanii are discussed. The shape of pollen grains of A. aytachii is tricolpate, and its seed-coat sculpture is verrucate. Sequence data of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the new species was used to determine about its phylogenetic relation within Aethionema.

Keywords: Cruciferae, internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), phylogeny, pollen and seed micromorphology

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