Ferula mervynii (Apiaceae), a distinct new species from north‐east Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

Ferula mervynii M. Sağıroğlu & H.Duman, sp. nov. from north‐east Anatolia in Turkey (A8: Artvin & Erzurum) is described and illustrated. It is closely related to F. coskunii H.Duman & M.Sağıroğlu, from which it differs mainly in its habit, basal leaves, umbel, and mericarp features. Diagnostic morphological characters are discussed. Notes are also presented on its ecology and conservation status, together with scanning electron micrographs of the surface of the mericarps and of a somatic metaphase plate showing the chromosome number.