Arenaria izmirensis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Turkey Author Eroğlu, Volkan 0000-0003-4868-5988 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey & volkan. eroglu @ ege. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4868 - 5988 volkan.eroglu@ege.edu.tr Author Oğur, Erdinç 0000-0002-4496-2995 Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Aegean Agricultural Research Institute & erdinc. ogur @ tarimorman. gov. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4496 - 2995 erdinc.ogur@tarimorman.gov.tr text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-03-25 541 2 178 184 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.541.2.7 journal article 20080 10.11646/phytotaxa.541.2.7 ba712f1f-c114-43fe-9587-30bda4791462 1179-3163 6388765
TABLE 1. Morphological comparison among Arenaria izmirensis, A. tmolea, A. uninervia, A. cretica, and A. sipylea.
Arenaria izmirensisArenaria tmoleaArenaria uninerviaArenaria creticaArenaria sipylea
Formprocumbentmat-formingdensely tufteddensely caespitosemat-forming
Hairdensely glandular-pubescentglabrous or pubescentdensely glandular-pubescentglandular pubescentsparsely and shortly pubescent
Stem hairfrom above to base, densely glandular-pubescent to densely pubescentglandular pubescentglandular pubescentglandular pubescentpubescent
Stem leaves shapeellipticlinear-lanceolatelinear-lanceolate to linearobovate, ellipticeliptic
Stem leaves hairdensely pubescentglandularglandularglandular pubescentsparsely pubescent
Stem leaves length4–8 mm12 mm11 mm--
Stem leaves width1.5–2.5 mm3 mm3 mm--
Bazal leaves shapeorbicular to ellipticlanceolate, ovate or ellipticovate-lanceolateoblong, elliptic or oblanceolate, rather obtuseovate to lanceolate
Bazal leaves hairglabrous or pubescent at base of petioleglandularciliateglandular pubescentpubescent
Sepal apexacuminateacuminateacuteacuteacute
Sepal length3–4 mm5 mm5 mm2.5–4.5 mm3.5–4.0 mm
Sepal width1.3–1.5 mm1.5 mm1.5 mm1.2 mm-
Sepal hairsdensely glandularciliate at base or glabrousciliate, glandularglandular pubescentpubescent
Petal length3,4-4,4 mm7–8 mm6–7 mm8 mm-
Petal width1.2–1.3 mm2.2 mm3 mm3 mm-
Petal apexobtus-turuncatecuneatecuneateobtuse-