Allium farashinense (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Allium farashinense Balos & Gecit (Amaryllidaceae) is described as a new species from Sirnak Province, eastern Turkey. Diagnostic characteristics, a comprehensive description, images of the species, and a distribution map are provided. Based on morphology, it belongs to Allium subgen. Polyprason sect. Scorodon. It resembles A. anacoleum, A. capitellatum, A. longivaginatum and A. microspathum, but morphologically differs from them by e.g. bulb size, stem length, leaf sheath, leaf shape, perigon colour, outer and inner tepals, and different filaments.

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Allium farashinense Balos & Gecit, a new species from eastern Turkey, is described in this study. Diagnostic characteristics, a comprehensive description, images, and a distribution map of the species are provided. Morphologically, it differs from similar species such as A. anacoleum, A. capitellatum, A. longivaginatum, and A. microspathum in bulb size, stem length, leaf sheath, leaf shape, perigon colour, outer and inner tepals, and different filaments.