Asperula (sect. Oppositifoliae)
Creators: name: Eroğlu, Hüseyin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Asperula

description: IDENTIFICATION KEY OF A. FIDANII EROĞLU, SP. NOV. IN THE SECTION OPPOSITIFOLIAE   
1. Ovary and mericarps scabrid or entirely glabrous........................................................................................ 2  
 — Ovary and mericarps hairy............... A. albiflora M. Pop., A. badachschanica Pachom., A. botschantzevii Pachom., A. brachyantha Boiss., A. congesta Czern., A. czukavinae Pachom. & Karim., A. fedtschenkoi Ovcz. & Czern., A. fragillima, A. friabilis, A. glabrata Czern., A. insolita Pachom., A. karategini Pachom. & Karim., A. kovalevskiana Pachom., A. nuratensis Pachom., A. oppositifolia, A. pauciflora Czern., A. popovii Schischk., A. pugionifolia Czern., A. pulchella (Podlech) Ehrend. & Schönb. -Tem., A. rechingeri, A. scabrella Czern., A. strishovae Pachom. & Karim.   
2. Leaves 2-6 times longer than width............................................................................................................. 3  
— Leaves 7-20 times longer than width........................................................................................................... 8  
3. Corolla white, white with outwardly rose color, up to 2.7 mm long............................................................ 4  
— Corolla rose color or reddish, 2.5-5 mm long.............................................................................................. 7  
4. Plant hairy or hairy at the base, glabrous on top.......................................................................................... 5  
— Plant entirely glabrous or scabrid................................................................................................................. 6  
 5. Plant hairy at the base glabrous on top, corolla shortly infundibular, tube somewhat shorter than lobes................................................................................................................................ A. cilicica Hausskn. ex Ehrend.   
 — Plant hairy both at base and top, corolla tubular, tube longer than lobes................ A. fidanii Eroğlu, sp. nov.   
 6. Corolla white, infundibular, 2-2.7 mm long, ovary elongate-ellipsoid................... A. podlechii Schönb. -Tem.   
 — Corolla white, outwardly rose color, subcampanulate, 1.5-1.7 mm long, ovary oblong ellipsoid................................................................................................................................................. A. rezaiyensis Schiönb. -Tem   
 7. Plant entirely glabrous, corolla reddish, 2.5-3.5 mm long.......... A. virgata Hub.-Mor. ex Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.   
 — Plant dense velutinose, corolla rose color, 3.5-5 mm long.............................. A. fragillima Boiss. & Hausskn.   
 8. Corolla 2.5-5.3 mm long, stems lax, bracts lanceolate, broadly elliptic to ovate................................................................................................................................................................. A. oppositifolia Regel & Schmalh.   
 — Corolla 1.25-2 mm long, stems strict, bracts broadly ovate to conchiform................................................................................................................................................................ A. rechingeri Ehrend. & Schönb. -Tem.
description: Published as part of Eroğlu, Hüseyin, 2022, Asperula fidanii sp. nov. (Rubiaceae, Asperula L. sect. Oppositifoliae Schischk. ex Schönb. - Tem.): a new species from South Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, pp. 199-209 in Adansonia (3) (3) 44 (19) on page 202, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a19, http://zenodo.org/record/6817826