Acantholimon akaydinii (Plumbaginaceae), a new species of A. section Staticopsis from Eastern Anatolia Author Özüdoğru, Bariş 0000-0002-8855-5718 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey & Hacettepe University, Biological Diversity Research and Application Center, 06800, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey & barisoz @ hacettepe. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8855 - 5718 barisoz@hacettepe.edu.tr Author Özgişi, Kurtuluş 0000-0002-7344-6666 Department of Biology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey & kurtulusozgisi @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7344 - 6666 kurtulusozgisi@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-03-17 539 3 265 272 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.5 journal article 20195 10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.5 0b83a50f-059c-49e2-a8ab-60e4092f4c7b 1179-3163 6364166

TABLE 1. A morphological and ecological comparison of Acantholimon akaydinii and A. ibrahimii.

	A. akaydinii	A. ibrahimii
Habit	densely or laxly pulvinate shrublet	densely pulvinate shrublet
Leaves	(9)13–21 (–26) × 0.8–1.2 mm	15–25 × 0.8–1.2 mm
Scapes	2–5 branched, 14–24 cm, (3)4–6 scaled	1–2 branched, 6–12 cm, 3–4 scaled
Scales	4–6 mm	7–9 mm
Inflorescence	paniculate	not paniculate
Spike	3–10 cm, with 5–9 spikelets	4–8 cm, with 6–14 spikelets
Spikelets	8–9.5 mm	11–12 mm
Outer bract	4–5 mm	ovate- triangular, 4–5 mm, acuminate
Inner bract	5–6 mm	7–8 mm
Calyx	8–8.5 mm	10–11 mm
Corolla	pink	white
Elevation	1000–1300 m a.s.l.	1600–1900 m a.s.l.