A New Suffruticose Taxon of Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae) from Bingol, Turkey

Abstract

Dianthus hymenolepis Boiss. subsp. bingolensis,, collected from Bingol (Turkey), was defined as new subspecies for the scientific world. D. hymenolepis subsp. bingolensis grows rocky slopes in Quercus petrae openings. The description, photographs and general ecological preferences of the newly defined subspecies were given.