title: Onosma anatolica, a new species of Boraginaceae from Turkey.
abstract: Onosma anatolicaBinzet, is described and illustrated as a new species from Niğde province in southern Anatolia, Turkey. It belongs to sect. Onosma L. subsect. Asterotricha (Boiss.) Gürke. The new species is closely related toOnosma subulifoliaRiedl from which it is distinguished.Onosma anatolicais readily distinguished fromOnosma subulifoliaby its sterile shoots, the green-grey stem indumentum, longer bracts, yellow and puberulous petals. The IUCN threat category ofOnosma anatolicais determined as "CR (Critically Endangered)". A distribution map and anidentification key forOnosma anatolicaandOnosma subulifoliasupplement the study.
authors.affiliation: Mersin Üniversity, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 33343, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rıza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Binzet
keywords: Boraginaceae; Endemic; Niğde; Onosma; Turkey