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Two new taxa of Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from Turkey

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Two new taxa of Hypericum are described from Turkey — H. cuisinii Barbey subsp. anatolicum Dirmenci & N.Robson from Aydin province and H. kemaliyensis Dirmenci & N.Robson from Erzincan province, and their relationships are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Ahmet Kahraman, for his contribution during field trips. Also, thanks are due to the curators of the herbaria ANK, BM, HUB, INONU, K, NGBB, W and WU. We would like to thank Prof. Dr Ali Kandemir and Tuğrul Körüklü for the photograph of Hypericum pesmenii and Prof. Dr Birol Mutlu for the photograph of Hypericum malatyanum.

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  1. Department of Biology Education, Necatibey Education Faculty, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey

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  2. Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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Appendix 1. Additional Specimens Examined

Appendix 1. Additional Specimens Examined

Hypericum cuisinii Barbey. Type: Greece, Karpathos, in declivibus lapidosis montis Elympo insula Karpathos, 30 May 1883, Pichler 139 (G! WU!); Karpathos, in saxosis calc. prope Monetos, c. 500 m, 14 June 1935, K. H. Rechinger 8123 (G!, W!); Ikaria, in summon jugo supra pagum Hagios Kyrikos, c. 950 m, 24 – 25 June 1932, K. H. Rechinger 2223 (G!, W!); Kassos, 3 May 1886, Forsyth-Major 855 (G!); insula Kasos, in faucibus inter montes Patella et Perikla, 30 April 1962, Greuter 4357 (W!);

Hypericum peshmenii Yıld. Type: [Turkey] B7 Erzincan: Kemaliye, Başpınar, Armağan Köyü, Karlık Çeşme, around Toptaş, crevices of limestone rock, 1750 m, 21 Aug. 1980, Ş. Yıldırımlı 3902 (holotype HUB-photo!; isotype Herb. Yıldırımlı); Kemaliye, Armağan village, stream banks, rocky crevices, 11 July 2013, Kandemir 10448 (ANK-photo! NGBB! Hb. Kandemir-photo!)

Hypericum malatyanum Peşmen. Tiurkey: B7 Malatya: Doğanşehir, Eskiköy, Meletbaşı mezrası, 1700 m, 1 July 2013, Ş. Karakuş & Mutlu (INU-1697-2014); ibid., 2 Sept. 2013, Ş. Karakuş & Mutlu (INU-1698-2014).

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Dirmenci, T., Robson, N.K.B. Two new taxa of Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from Turkey. Kew Bull 74, 66 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9856-8

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