Pinguicula habilii (Lentibulariaceae), a new carnivorous species from South- West Anatolia, Turkey
Author
Yildirim, Hasan
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
Author
Şenol, Serdar Gökhan
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
Author
Pirhan, Ademi Fahri
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
text
Phytotaxa
2012
2012-08-28
64
1
46
58
http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.64.1.4
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.64.1.4
1179-3163
5062053
Pinguicula habilii
Yıldırım, Şenol & Pirhan
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1–5
)
Type:
—
TURKEY
.
C2
Muğla
: along the stream near
Marmaris
, on serpentine rocks,
100–200 m
,
21 May 2011
,
H
.
Yıldırım
,
A
.
F
.
Pirhan
&
S
.
G
.
Ş
enol 3498
(
holotype
EGE
!; isotypes
EGE
!,
HUB
!,
ISTF
!,
Yıldırımlı Herbarium
!)
Pinguicula habilii
is related to
P. crystallina
and
P. hirtiflor
a but it is easily distinguished from them by heteropyllous growth
type
; seeds with longitudinal anticlinal walls of exotesta cells covered with tubercles, lateral anticlinal walls of exotesta cells are very thin and shallow; pollen ornamentation regulate-microreticulate on mesocolpium and perforated on polar axis.
FIGURE 1.
Pinguicula habilii
:
A–B,
generative rosettes;
C–E,
vegetative rosettes (A
–
B from
S.G.
Ş
enol 3498
; C
–
E from
H. Yıldırım 1790
).
FIGURE 2.
Pinguicula habilii
:
A,
Flowers;
B,
capsules;
C,
seeds;
D,
cotyledons;
E,
generative rosette leaves;
F,
vegetative rosette leaves (A
–
E from
S.G.
Ş
enol 3498
; F from
H. Yıldırım 1790
).
Rosetted perennial herb, heterophyllous, scapose. Summer and winter rosettes different in shape; summer rosettes from
140 to 200 mm
in diameter; winter rosettes from
40 to 60 mm
in diameter. Summer rosette leaves 3–6, 70–110 ×
6–11 mm
, linear to very narrowly lanceolate; margin entire, recurved or flat; apex obtuse to acute, entire; upper surface densely covered with mucilaginous sessile and stalked glands. Winter rosette leaves 4–8, 18–35 ×
11–16 mm
, oblong-elliptic to slightly oblanceolate; margin entire, sometimes slightly curved; apex obtuse or sometimes slightly emarginate, upper surface densely covered with mucilaginous sessile and stalked glands. Scapes 1–4(–6), erect,
110–170 mm
tall, terete, 1-flowered, densely covered with stalked glands just beneath flower. Flowers
24–28 mm
long (spur included). Calyx distinctly bilabiate, upper surfaces densely covered with stipitate glands; upper lip divided nearly to base into 3 lobes, elliptic to slightly oblanceolate, each lobes 3–4 × 1.5–
2 mm
; lower lip 1 lobe, truncate to entire, 3–4 ×
1–2 mm
. Corolla distinctly bilabiate, blue violet to pinkish violate with whitish central zone, near to corolla tube surface covered with white and yellow hairs; upper lip 2 lobes, 5–6 × 3–3.5 mm, obtus, entire; lower lip 3 lobes, 8–9 ×
6–7 mm
, obtuse, entire to slightly truncate. Corolla tube infundibulariform,
5–7 mm
, greyishyellow, inside densely covered with golden yellow clavate multi cellular hairs. Spur infundibulariform to cylindrical, curved downwards, 6–11× 0.6–0.8 mm, yellowish. Stamens with filaments incurved, covered with whitish hairs. Ovary globose, covered with glandular hairs. Capsule globose, c.
3 mm
in diameter, glabrous at mature period. Seed 0.8–1.1 × 0.3–0.35 mm, oblong to elliptical, dark brown; seed coat surface reticulate; exotesta cells 30–70 × 15–40 ×
10–20 µm
; longitudinally anticlinal walls of exotesta cells with thickenings in the form of “tubercles”; lateral anticlinal walls exotesta cells without any thickening, very thin, shallow. Micropylar and chalazal seed appendages present. Cotyledons 2, flat, symmetric in cross section. Pollen shapes prolate, radially symmetric, zonocolporate with 8–9 colpori; ornamentation is rugulate–microreticulate on mesocolpium and perforated on polar axis; muri length 0.2–0.5 µm.
Etymology:
—The new species is named
Pinguicula habilii
in honour of Habil Issı, who is an amateur botanist and first collected the new species.
Distribution, Habitat and Ecology:
—
Pinguicula habilii
is endemic to Southwestern
Anatolia
,
Turkey
. It is located in Marmaris, a district of the province of
Muǧla
. It belongs to the Mediterranean floristic region’s elements. It grows only on the serpentine rock cliffs along a small stream near Marmaris, at elevations between 100 and
200 m
.
Flowering time of
P. habilii
is between May and July, and fruiting time between June and August.
Suggested conservational status:
—The population area of
Pinguicula habilii
was calculated as 0.14 km
2
. Moreover, we observed high anthropogenic effects caused by concrete embankment built along the stream which is the habitat of
P. habilii
. In accordance with the criteria laid out by
IUCN (2001)
, the plant is categorized as ‘Critically Endangered’ (CR) B1+2a(ii), on account of its restricted distribution in
Turkey
.