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<mods:title>Allium ekimianum: a new species (Amaryllidaceae) from Turkey</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Eksi, Guelnur</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Koyuncu, Mehmet</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Faculty of Pharmacy, Cyprus International University, Haspolat-Lefkosa, Cyprus</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Oezkan, Ayse Mine Gencler</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="8B714D5B-B857-5A38-BC8F-A8BBC17312EE" authority="Ekşi, Koyuncu &amp; Özkan" authorityName="Eksi, Koyuncu &amp; Oezkan" authorityYear="2016" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium ekimianum" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="85" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ekimianum" status="sp. nov.">
Allium ekimianum 
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, Koyuncu &amp; 
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="85">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Allium ekimianum (Koyuncu 7847 / Elazig). Plant (A, B), flower (C), flower longitudinal section (D), inner tepal (D 1, D 2), outer tepal (D 3, D 4), pistil (E), capsule (F), seed (G), leaf sheathing (H), leaf cross section (I). (Drawn by Guelnur Eksi)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84181" pageId="2" pageNumber="85">Figure 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="85">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="85">
Diagnostic characters for 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="85">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
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include curved stem, smooth pedicels, united bracteoles, verrucose-scabrid and straight outer tepal, smooth inner tepal, longer inner tepal.
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="85">Type.</paragraph>
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Turkey. 
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: 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fırat">Firat</normalizedToken>
University, steppe, c. 1150 m, 02.07.1983, 
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(holotype: AEF!, isotype: GAZI!).
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="85">Description.</paragraph>
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Bulb ovoid, 0.7-1.2 
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1-1.5 cm; outer tunics membranous, brownish, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
breaking into parallel fibres; inner tunics white; bulblets absent. Stem 15-35 cm, curved, often purplish below. Leaves 2-3, linear, 1-2 mm broad, flat, shorter than scape, sheathing lower 
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
of stem. Umbel globose-subglobose, 1.5-3 cm diameter, dense, 20-60 flowered. Spathe caducous. Pedicels smooth, unequal, not elongating in fruit; up to 2.5 
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perigon; bracteoles present, united at the base of outer pedicels, splitting into several lobes at apex, c. 5 mm. Perigon ovoid, campanulate; tepals purple, pale pink; outer tepals straigth, 5 
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c. 3.5 mm, obovoid, verrucose-scabrid, acute-subacute, obtus at apex; inner tepals c. 4 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2 mm, narrowly oblong, smooth, obtus at apex. Stamens included; filaments ciliate at base; inner flaments 4 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2 mm; median cusps c. 1 mm, slightly shorter than lateral cusps (c. 1.5 mm); basal lamina c. 3 mm, 3 
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longer than median cusps. Anther 1 mm, yellow. Pistil c. 3-5 mm; style c. 1-2 mm; ovary c. 2-3 
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1.5-2 mm, ovoid, smooth. Capsule 4 
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3.5 mm, ovoid; valves emarginate-bilobate at apex; seed 3 
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1.5 mm, black.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="86">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species is named in honor of the eminent Turkish botanist Prof. Dr. Tuna Ekim, who dedicated his life to Turkish Flora, was retired from 
<normalizedToken originalValue="İstanbul">Istanbul</normalizedToken>
University.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="86">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="88" pageId="3" pageNumber="86">
The distribution of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="86">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
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is restricted to Province of 
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from East Anatolia, where it grows on steppe between 1100- 
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m of elevation. Species associated with 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
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include 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Campanula stricta</emphasis>
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L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Silene" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Silene italica" order="Centrospermae" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="italica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Silene italica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Pers., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Silene" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Silene vulgaris" order="Centrospermae" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="vulgaris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Silene vulgaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Moench) Garcker, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Euphorbia macroclada</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boiss., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Papaveraceae" genus="Papaver" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Papaver rhoeas" order="Papaverales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="rhoeas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Papaver rhoeas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Crataegus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Crataegus monogyna" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="monogyna">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Crataegus monogyna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Jaq., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Rosa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rosa canina" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="canina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Rosa canina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Rosa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rosa dumalis" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="dumalis">
Rosa 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
dumalis
</taxonomicName>
Bechst., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Potentilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Potentilla erecta" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erecta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Potentilla erecta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sanguisorba" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Sanguisorba minor" order="Rosales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Sanguisorba minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Scop., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Asteraceae" genus="Achillea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Achillea millefolium" order="Campanulales" pageId="4" pageNumber="87" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="millefolium">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="87">Achillea millefolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium scorodoprasum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scorodoprasum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="88" start="start">Allium</pageBreakToken>
scorodoprasum
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fabaceae" genus="Vicia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vicia cracca" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="cracca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Vicia cracca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Asteraceae" genus="Crepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Crepis foetida" order="Campanulales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="foetida">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Crepis foetida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Apiaceae" genus="Eryngium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eryngium campestre" order="Umbelliflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="campestre">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Eryngium campestre</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Salvia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Salvia verticillata" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="verticillata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Salvia verticillata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Poaceae" genus="Avena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Avena sterilis" order="Graminales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="sterilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Avena sterilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. 
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is located on the east of Anatolian diagonal, in the skirts of South-Eastern Taurus Mountains (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Çakılcıoğlu">Cakilcioglu</normalizedToken>
et al. 2008
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), in the Upper Euphrates Region of the Eastern Anatolia Region (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Şengün">Senguen</normalizedToken>
2007). 
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belongs to the Irano-Turanian Plant Geography Region and falls within the B7 grid square (
<bibRefCitation author="Davis, PH" journalOrPublisher="Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh" pageId="7" pageNumber="90" refId="B6" refString="Davis, PH, 1965. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands (Volume 1). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh" title="Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands (Volume 1)." year="1965">Davis 1965</bibRefCitation>
). The Irano-Turanian Region is confined to Central and East Anatolia. This great region of steppe, mountain steppe and semi-desert is also characterized by the existence of a hypothetical oblique line that runs from 
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southwestwardly to Anti-Taurus where it bifurcates with one prong leading to the Amanus and the other to the Cilician Taurus. This line is called &quot;Anatolian Diagonal&quot; (Figure 
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). The flora of central Anatolia as the western side of the Diagonal is floristically different from the rest of the Irano-Turanian region to the east. According to the plant distribution patterns in eastern Anatolia, many endemics are restricted to part of the Diagonal belt, or extend right along it (
<bibRefCitation author="Davis, PH" journalOrPublisher="Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh" pageId="7" pageNumber="90" refId="B6" refString="Davis, PH, 1965. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands (Volume 1). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh" title="Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands (Volume 1)." year="1965">Davis 1965</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation author="Davis, PH" editor="Davis, PH" journalOrPublisher="The Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh" pageId="7" pageNumber="90" pagination="15 - 27" refId="B7" refString="Davis, PH, 1971. Distribution patterns in Anatolia with particular reference to endemism. In: Davis, PH, Harper, PC, Hedge, IC, Eds., Plant Life of South-West Asia. The Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: 15 - 27" title="Distribution patterns in Anatolia with particular reference to endemism." volumeTitle="Plant Life of South-West Asia." year="1971">Davis 1971</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">IUCN Conservation Assessment and Justification.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
Following the criteria established by IUCN (
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" journalOrPublisher="IUCN, Gland and Cambridge" pageId="8" pageNumber="91" refId="B17" refString="IUCN, 2003. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels (Version 3). IUCN, Gland and Cambridge" title="Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels (Version 3)" year="2003">IUCN 2003</bibRefCitation>
), an initial provisional assessment of Critically Endangered (CR) (criteria B2a + B2biii) is suggested for this new taxon. This species occurs only in 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Elazığ">Elazig</normalizedToken>
University campus area in 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Elazığ">Elazig</normalizedToken>
province (East Anatolia) at 1100-1200 m. The area is under subversive people activities such as new constructions of buildings. As a result, the habitat of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
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is highly threatened of vanishing by people activities. The area of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Eksi, Koyuncu &amp; Oezkan" authorityYear="2016" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium ekimianum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ekimianum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
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occupancy (AOO) is less than 10 km2 with the number of mature individuals which is under reduction and being less than 50.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Related species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Eksi, Koyuncu &amp; Oezkan" authorityYear="2016" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium ekimianum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ekimianum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miscz ex Grossh" authorityYear="1928" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium asperiflorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asperiflorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium asperiflorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Freyn" authorityYear="1892" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium sintenisii" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sintenisii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium sintenisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium erzincanicum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erzincanicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium erzincanicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All four species share traits of ovoid bulb, globose to subglobose umbel, campanulate to ovoid perigon, rough outer tepal surfaces, stamens sorter than perigon, ovoid ovary. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Eksi, Koyuncu &amp; Oezkan" authorityYear="2016" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium ekimianum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ekimianum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miscz ex Grossh" authorityYear="1928" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium asperiflorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asperiflorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium asperiflorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Freyn" authorityYear="1892" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium sintenisii" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sintenisii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium sintenisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium erzincanicum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="erzincanicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium erzincanicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its outer tunics, stem, leaves, bracteoles, pedicel surface, outer tepal, and inner tepal characters. The three species are compared in Table 
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Main differences between Allium asperiflorum, Allium ekimianum and Allium sintenisii, Allium erzincanicum." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/C163D8E806103C7D25C81489132C8DAD" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" tableUuid="C163D8E806103C7D25C81489132C8DAD">1</tableCitation>
and these traits are illustrated in Figures 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Allium ekimianum (Koyuncu 7847 / Elazig). Plant (A, B), flower (C), flower longitudinal section (D), inner tepal (D 1, D 2), outer tepal (D 3, D 4), pistil (E), capsule (F), seed (G), leaf sheathing (H), leaf cross section (I). (Drawn by Guelnur Eksi)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84181" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">2</figureCitation>
- 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Allium sintenisii (Koyuncu 9692 / Kahramanmaras). Plant (A 1, A 2), flower (B), flower longitudinal section (C), inner tepal (C 1, C 2), outer tepal (C 3, C 4), pistil (D), capsule (E), seed (F), bulblet (G), leaf sheathing (H), leaf surface (I). (Drawn by Guelnur Eksi)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84183" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">4</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977921" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84181" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Eksi, Koyuncu &amp; Oezkan" authorityYear="2016" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium ekimianum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ekimianum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium ekimianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Koyuncu 7847</emphasis>
/ 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Elazığ">Elazig</normalizedToken>
). Plant (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">A, B</emphasis>
), flower (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">C</emphasis>
), flower longitudinal section (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D</emphasis>
), inner tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D1, D2</emphasis>
), outer tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D3, D4</emphasis>
), pistil(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">E</emphasis>
), capsule (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">F</emphasis>
), seed (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">G</emphasis>
), leaf sheathing (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">H</emphasis>
), leaf cross section (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">I</emphasis>
). (Drawn by 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gülnur">Guelnur</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ekşi">Eksi</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977923" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84182" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Miscz ex Grossh" authorityYear="1928" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium asperiflorum" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="asperiflorum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium asperiflorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Koyuncu 10539</emphasis>
/Artvin). Plant (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">A1, A2, B</emphasis>
), flower (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">C</emphasis>
), flower longitudinal section (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D</emphasis>
), inner tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D1, D2</emphasis>
), outer tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D3, D4</emphasis>
), pistil (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">E</emphasis>
), capsule (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">F</emphasis>
), seed (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">G</emphasis>
), bulblet(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">H</emphasis>
), leaf surface (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">I</emphasis>
), leaf sheathing (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">J</emphasis>
). (Drawn by 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gülnur">Guelnur</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ekşi">Eksi</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="977925" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.62.7796.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/84183" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="88">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Freyn" authorityYear="1892" class="Liliopsida" family="Alliaceae" genus="Allium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium sintenisii" order="Asparagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="88" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sintenisii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Allium sintenisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">Koyuncu 9692</emphasis>
/ 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Kahramanmaraş">Kahramanmaras</normalizedToken>
). Plant (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">A1, A2</emphasis>
), flower (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">B</emphasis>
), flower longitudinal section (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">C</emphasis>
), inner tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">C1, C2</emphasis>
), outer tepal (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">C3, C4</emphasis>
), pistil (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">D</emphasis>
), capsule (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">E</emphasis>
), seed (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">F</emphasis>
), bulblet (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">G</emphasis>
), leaf sheathing (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">H</emphasis>
), leaf surface (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="88">I</emphasis>
). (Drawn by 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gülnur">Guelnur</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ekşi">Eksi</normalizedToken>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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