Peucedanum ozhatayiorum (Apiaceae), a new species from NE Turkey

Abstract

Peucedanum ozhatayiorum Akpulat & E. Akalin is described and illustrated as a new species from northeast Anatolia, Turkey. It is similar to P. caucasicum and P. longibracteolatum but differs from them by having a slender, scabroid stem; scabroid leaves; a fibrous collar; deciduous bracts; persistent unequal bracteoles; green-purple petals; and up to 10 vittae in the dorsal side of mericarps.