The Rediscovery of Some Taxa Thought to Have Been Extinct in Turkey
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol.33, no.2, pp.113-122, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 33 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2009
- Doi Number: 10.3906/bot-0705-11
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.113-122
- Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This paper reports the re-discovery of Barbarea auriculata Hausskn. ex Bornm. var. auriculata (Brassicaceae), Onobrychis nitida Boiss. (Fabaceae), Onosma discedens Hausskn. ex Bornm. (Boraginaceae), and Silene oligotricha Hub.-Mor. (Caryophyllaceae). All of these taxa had been listed as Extinct (EX), according to the World Conservation Union Red List Categories. This study provides the re-descriptions of these taxa. presents field observations of these taxa, and suggests new IUCN categories.