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Achillea sivasica (Asteraceae: sect. Babounya (DC.) O. Hoffm.), a new species from Inner Anatolia, Turkey

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Achillea sivasica Çelik & Akpulat sp. nov. (Asteraceae) from Turkey is described and illustrated. Diagnostic characters, a description and taxonomic comments on the species are given. It is compared with the closely related A. magnifica. The geographical distribution of the new species and related species is shown. IUCN threatened category and observations on the population are noted.

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Acknowledgements

The new species was collected during the field work of the project “Important plant areas along the Bakü – Tbilisi – Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey” which is financially supported by Environmental Investment Programme of Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan Pipeline Company (BTC Co.). The project is being carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr Neriman Özhatay (The Department of Pharmaceutical Botany of İstanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy) on behalf of University Research and Support Foundation. We thank the artist Fatih Gülez for the illustration.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Art, Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    N. Çelik

  2. Department of Secondary School Science and Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    H. A. Akpulat

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Çelik, N., Akpulat, H.A. Achillea sivasica (Asteraceae: sect. Babounya (DC.) O. Hoffm.), a new species from Inner Anatolia, Turkey. Kew Bull 63, 485–489 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9055-5

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