A New Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taxon from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye

Lütfi Behçet; İbrahim Halil Gülbasan

doi:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1785086

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A New Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taxon from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye

Abstract

Allium affine subsp. elazigense subsp. nov. ( Turkish: Elazığ wild onion), which has been collected from Karakoçan District (Elazığ-Türkiye), has been defined as new subspecies for the scientific world. New subspecies; it differs from the typical subspecies in some features such as its leaves being scabrid and wider , its perigon being green, its tepals being longer and retuse at the apex. Allium affine subsp. elazigense grows mostly in oak forest openings at 1400-1500 m . This newly defined subspecies; description, ecological preferences, distribution map and photographs were given.

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Project Number

BAP-FEF.2024.001.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank Bingöl University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit for supporting the study with the project code We would also like to thank Dr. Yakup YAPAR for her technical support.

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Lütfi Behçet ^*
0000-0001-8334-7816
Türkiye

İbrahim Halil Gülbasan
0009-0006-6757-131X
Türkiye

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February 27, 2026

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February 27, 2026

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September 18, 2025

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December 1, 2025

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Year 2026 Number: Advanced Online Publication

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https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1785086

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Behçet, L., & Gülbasan, İ. H. (2026). A New Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taxon from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım Ve Doğa Dergisi, Advanced Online Publication, 877-886. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.1785086

A New Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taxon from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye

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A New Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taxon from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye

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