Centaurea goksivriensis (Asteraceae), a new species from Turkey

• DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.1.6
• Publication Date: 2015-03-19T01:54:47Z
• Authors: Mehmet Bona
• Keywords: Centaurea; Indumentum; Eudicots

Centaurea goksivriensis M. Bona, a new species of C. sect. Acrocentron from Hatay Province Turkey, is described and illustrated. It morphologically similar to antiochia var. antiochia, carduiformis, urvillei subsp. armata but differs mainly in its flower colour, indumentum pappus. The IUCN conservation status Critically Endangered (CR) should be applied goksivriensis.