%0 Journal Article
%T A new subspecies of Phoenix theophrasti Greuter (Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydak) from Turkey
%A Melih Boydak
%J -
%D 2019
%X DOI: 10.26650/forestist.2019.19016 In the present study, a new subspecies (Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydak) is described in Turkey. The unidentified Phoenix taxon native to Bodrum¨CGŁżlkŁży, Aegean Turkey and named as the ˇ°GŁżlkŁży Phoenix populationˇ± has been known to GŁżlkŁżyˇŻs inhabitants for centuries. The GŁżlkŁży Phoenix population was considered to be representative of P. theophrasti. Boydak made the first of a number of trips to GŁżlkŁży and immediately noticed some distinct differences between the GŁżlkŁży Phoenix population, P. theophrasti Greuter, and Phoenix dactylifera L in the early summer of 1990. He continued his investigations on this taxon for many years to shed light on the subject. He made two new trips to the three native stands of P. theophrasti and the GŁżlkŁży Phoenix populations in 2015 and 2018. Measurements and observations were made on the morphological characteristics that showed distinct differences among the GŁżlkŁży Phoenix population, P. theophrasti, and P. dactylifera. These were related to the length of male stalks and female inflorescences and some fruit and seed characteristics. The results indicate that some distinctive morphological characteristics of the ˇ°GŁżlkŁży Phoenix populationˇ± merit its being described as a new subspecies. ˇ°Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydakˇ± differs from P. theophrasti Greuter with respect to its longer fruiting-female stalk length and longer male stalk length, its fruiting stalks hold fruits marginally higher, and its having seeds with slightly visible striate surface crust structures and deeper-wider grooves. Cite this paper as: Boydak, M., 2019. A new subspecies of Phoenix theophrasti Greuter (Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydak) from Turkey. Forestist 69(2): 133-144
%K Bodrum-GŁżlkŁży
%K Phoenix theophrasti
%K yeni bir altt¨ąr
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/forestist/issue/47040/591251