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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Proje Numarası

BAP-FEF.2024.001.

Teşekkür

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

Erken Görünüm Tarihi

27 Şubat 2026

Yayımlanma Tarihi

27 Şubat 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

18 Eylül 2025

Kabul Tarihi

1 Aralık 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: Advanced Online Publication

DOI

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

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https://izlik.org/JA77UL92PW

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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

Doğu Anadolu (Türkiye)’dan Yeni Bir Allium (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium) Taksonu

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

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