Corological Contributions for Some Endemic and Rare Taxa from Turkey

Narrow endemic and rare plants are the most interesting species of a country’s flora. Accordingly, each new population discovered makes important contributions to the taxonomy, morphology, corology, and conservation biology of these species. In this study, new population information of 14 narrow and/or rare taxa from Turkey belonging to Asteraceae (Achillea formosa (Boiss.) Sch.Bip. subsp. amanica (Rech.f.) Ehrend. & Y.P.Guo, Cirsium sivasicum Y？ld？z, Arabac？ & Dirmenci, Doronicum macrophyllum Fisch. ex Fisch. subsp. sparsipilosum (J.R.Edm.) Alv.Fern., Galatella linosyris (L.) Rchb.f. subsp. linosyris), Caryophyllaceae (Dianthus macroflorus Hamzao？lu, Gypsophila festucifolia Hub.-Mor.), Ranunculaceae (Delphinium cinereum Boiss., Ranunculus flammula L. var. ovalis (J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson), Boraginaceae (Onosma nigricaulis Riedl), Brassicaceae (Sisymbrium malatyanum Mutlu & Karaku？), Cistaceae (Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr.), Convolvulaceae (Convolvulus oleifolius Desr. var. deserti Pamp.), Caprifoliaceae (Cephalaria aytachii G？ktürk & Sümbül) and Fabaceae (Astragalus polemoniacus Bunge) families have been provided. In addition, new IUCN threat categories are proposed and morphological and taxonomic contributions are made for some of these taxa