| Asteraceae |
Scorzonera woronowii |
| Table 1.Comparison of the Basic Characters of S. tomentosa and S. woronowii | ||
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| Characters | S. tomentosa | S. woronowii |
| Outer phyllaries | 17—19 mm | up to 8 mm |
| Outer phyllaries | aristate—lanceolate | ovate—mucronate |
| Outer phyllaries | lanate | pilose |
| Achene | 10 mm | up to 5 mm |
| Capltula | 20—55 mm | 15—20 mm |
A species new for Turkey. Distinguished from S. tomentosa L. to which it close, mainly by having outer phyllaries up to 8 mm, ovate—mucronate, pilose (in S. tomentosa at least 17 mm, lanceolate—aristate, lanate), shorter achene up to 5 mm (versus 15 mm) and shorter capitula 15-20 mm long (Table 1). S. woronowii Krasch. has been given as a synonym of S. tomentosa L. in Flora of Turkey (10). But the diagnostic characters mentioned above imply that is S. woronowii deserves to be a distinct species. |
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