A new record for alien flora of Turkey: Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom var. pilosum

Bilge Tunçkol; Necmi Aksoy; Hasan Yaşayacak

doi:10.5281/zenodo.1041920

Bilge Tunçkol Bartın University, Bartın Vocational School, Department of Forestry and Forest Products Program, 74100 Bartın, Turkey
Necmi Aksoy Düzce University, Faculty of Forestry & DUOF Herbaria Konuralp, 81620 Düzce, Turkey
Hasan Yaşayacak Küre Mountains National Park, Bartın Governor’s Office, Ring Road Av. 1, 74100 Bartın, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1041920

Abstract

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum from Asteraceae family was collected from Ereğli region (Zonguldak province, NW Turkey) in 2016 and is reported here for Turkey for the first time. It is naturalized alien plant for Turkey. The description and photos of collected plants, as well as distribution map and new key for the genus Symphyotrichum in flora of Turkey are provided here.

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