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Mandragora officinarum
L. (Solanaceae):
A new record for the flora of Turkey
Hüseyin Fakir1* and Hasan
Özçelik2
1Süleyman Demirel University, Forest Faculty, Department of
Forest Engineering, Isparta, Turkey.
2Süleyman Demirel University, Science-Literature Faculty,
Department of Biology, Isparta, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
huseyinfakir@orman.sdu.edu.tr
Accepted
13 July, 2009 |
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Mandragora officinarum
L. (Solanaceae)
was collected from western area of the Mediterranean
region of Turkey. Mandragora autumnalis Bertol. is
widespread in the Mediterranean area at rock slopes, ruins,
under Pinus brutia, olive trees and edges of fields
in Turkey but M. officinarum L. has not been reported
previously. In this study, the detailed morphological
characteristics are discussed and compared with the
mediterranean M. autumnalis Berthol. Line drawing,
diagnostic characters and a distribution map of M.
officinarum L. species of Turkey are presented.
Key
words:
Solanaceae, Mandragora, new record, rare
species, Turkey. |
