Gypsophila transcaucasica Barkoudah 1962
Creators: name: Armağan, Metin
name: Özgökçe, Fevzi
name: Çelik, Ali
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Gypsophila
Gypsophila transcaucasica

description: Gypsophila transcaucasica Barkoudah (1962: 116)   
 Type: — AZERBAIJAN. Nakhichevan: between Karabaglyr (Qarabağlar) and Aznabjurt (Çalxanqala), 07 June 1947, Grossheim, Iljinoskaja & Kirpicnikov s.n. (holotype LE!).   
 Description: —Perennial, with root thick. Stems numerous, erect, thin, glabrous at the base, the upper part glandular-pubescent, 30–80 cm high, the upper half-dichotomously branched. Lower leaves linear (8–32 × 1.0– 1.7 mm), acute, narrowed at the base and connate and fleshy; upper leaves linear (5–60 × 1.0–3.0 mm), acute. Inflorescence paniculatedichasial, more or less lax; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate, scarious (1–5 mm long); pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, glandular-pubescent at the base, the capillary. Calyx broadly campanulate (3 mm × 2.5 mm), lobed (lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate). Petals rosy, oblong, emarginate or slightly notched, towards base narrowed, approximately twice as long as the calyx, about 1 mm wide; stamens shorter than petals; ovary obovoid, divergent styles, ovules 8. Capsule globular, 2.5–3.5 mm. Seeds brownish-black, reniform (1–1.2 × 1.2–1.4 mm) with obtuse tubercles.   
 Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting times in July.   
 Habitat and distribution: —On calcareous rubble slopes (about 1500 m a.s.l.) in Turkey (Doğubayazıt, Ağrı), Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran (Nejad Falatoury et al. 2016) (Figure 5).   
 Taxonomical notes: —The specimens examined displays inflorescence glandular and racemose. On the contrary Gypsophila patrinii has inflorescence glabrous and in corymbs.As a consequence Gypsophila transcaucasica is a new record to the Turkish flora. G. patrinii is to be excluded from Turkey.   
  Selected specimens examined (Gypsophila transcaucasica):—  TURKEY. Ağrı: Doğubayazıt, south of Sarıçavuş village, near to Iran border, steppe, 39°25’12.7”N 44°24’03.1”E, 1450 m, 04 July 2009, Armağan & Özgökçe G60 (AYDN-2439!); Ağrı: Doğubayazıt, 4. km to Gürbulak, rocky slopes and steppe, 39°33’16.3”N 44°07’16.4”E, 1570 m, 04 July 2009, Armağan & Özgökçe G46 (AYDN-2440!); Ağrı: 4 km N of Doğubayazıt, 1600 m, 24 July 1978, Sorger 78-105b-3 (W-1990-08906!) (Figure 4). IRAN. Azerbaijan orient.: In valle fluvii Talkheh Rud (Atschi Tschai), 20–30 km NE Tabriz, 1600 m, 20 July 1978, Rechinger 43581 (W-1988-9945!); Meshow dagh, 30’ N.W. Khoi, 5000 ft. alt., stony bank, 03 August 1962, Furse 3533 (W-13690!); Azerbaijan orient.: In saxosis faucim 38 km NNW Marand versus Jolfa 1100 m, 25 August 1971, Rechinger 43654 (W-05276!); Azerbaijan prov.: Inter Tabriz et Ahar, 40 km NE Tabriz ad fonts salsas in valle fluvii Atschi Tschai (Talhe Rud), ca 1500 m, 02 September 1957, Rechinger 14845 (W-2299!). AZERBAIJAN. Nakhichevan: prope Djulfa (ad fl-Arax), 10 June 1929, Schelkovnikov & Kara-Murza s.n. (W-10326!).
description: Published as part of Armağan, Metin, Özgökçe, Fevzi & Çelik, Ali, 2017, Notes on the genus Gypsophila (Caryophyllaceae) in Turkey, with a description of G. guvengorkii sp. nov., pp. 271-279 in Phytotaxa 295 (3) on pages 277-278, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.295.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13689832