Dergiler / Gazi University Journal of Science / 2015 / Cilt: 28 - Sayı: 3

Taxonomy and IUCN Categories of Two Endemic Scrophularia L. (Scrophulariaceae) Species Cited in The Data Deficient (DD) Category

Taxonomy and IUCN Categories of Two Endemic Scrophularia L. (Scrophulariaceae) Species Cited in The Data Deficient (DD) Category

Mehmet UZUNHİSARCIKLI,Ebru DOĞAN GÜNER,Bilgehan BİLGİLİ

Sayfa
349–351
DOI
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Abstract

Scrophularia is represented with 59 species in the Flora of Turkey. This study presents the taxonomy and threatened categories of two endemic Scrophularia L. (Scrophulariaceae) species: S. erzincanica R. Mill and S. capillaris Boiss. & Bal. These species were previously placed in the data deficient (DD) category in the Red Data Book of Turkish Plants. Descriptions, localities, distribution map and images of the species are given. According to IUCN 2010 threatened categories of the species were determined as CR.