A New Plant Species Growing Only in Turkey Has Been Discovered

Thanks to its geographical conditions, Turkey is home to many endemic plant species that only live in certain parts of the earth. While Istanbul snowdrop, lily and Van inverted tulip could be given as examples, today a new one has joined these endemic plants. new endemic plant species, With the work done in Yedigöller National Park was discovered.

Plant, Düzce University Faculty of Forestry Faculty Member Dr. Neval Güneş Özkan and Bartın University School Member Dr. It was discovered by Bilge Tunçkol. After the discovery of the plant, Aubrieta (Obrisia) sp. Breed expert Prof. from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Dr. Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and the team named the plant. added the plant to the world literature.

Recommended as a critically endangered species:

New plant species discoveredAubrieta necmi-aksoyi Tunçkol, N. Özkan & Al-Shehbaz‘ was named. The discovery of the plant actually dates back to 2017. At this time, during the floristic studies carried out in the Gurbetkayası area of ​​the national park, Prof. Dr. Necmi Aksoy had collected herbaceous plant taxa. As a result of detailed examination of these, a new plant species was discovered.

The plant, which is a new obrizia species seen to grow in Bolu, was published in Phytotaxa, one of the leading scientific journals of the plant world. With the discovery of the new obrizia species, the number of taxa connected to the obrizia genus increased to 22. Also in the rocky habitat where the plant is represented by a small number of individualspopulation by area of ​​distribution as it is likely to be adversely affected by ecotourism and forestry activities.was proposed as a critically endangered endemic species.

The plant has brightly colored flowers and in a very limited area, in basaltic and limestone rocky habitats exists. It is stated that the plant has the potential to be used especially in rock gardens and as a ground cover ornamental plant.