A New Species of Cyanus (Centaurea p.p.) sect. Napuliferi (Asteraceae) from Turkey

Abstract

A new species of Cyanus Miller (Centaurea L. p.p.) (Asteraceae), C. eflanensis Kaya & Bancheva, is described and illustrated from Karabuk Province, Turkey. It belongs to Cyanus sect. Napuliferi (Stefanoff & T. Georgiev) Bancheva & Raimondo. and taxonomically its closest relalive is C. thirkei (Schultz Bipontinus) Holub. The habitat and conservation status Of the new species are presented, and the morphological characters distinguishing C. eflanensis kind C. thirkei are analyzed and illustrated.