Cyanus raimondoi (Bancheva & Kaya) Negaresh

Negaresh, Kazem, 2018, A new combination in the genus Cyanus (Asteraceae: Cardueae, Centaureinae), Candollea 73 (1), pp. 101-103 : 102

Cyanus raimondoi (Bancheva & Kaya) Negaresh , comb. nova.

Ξ Centaurea raimondoi Bancheva & Kaya in Fl. Medit. 25(special issue): 306. 2015.

Holotypus: TURKEY: A3 Bolu: between the cities of Mengen and Pazarköy, on rocky places, 40°55’25’’N 32°08’12’’E, 13.VI.2012, Bancheva & Kaya 171075 ( SOM!; iso-: PAL) .

Notes. – Cyanus raimondoi resembles C. eflanensis , which is endemic to Turkey, in life form, involucre size and width of the undivided portion of the scarious phyllary margin, but differs in some important characters such as a densely lanate indumentum, a thickened, 0.7-0.9 cm wide taproot, flowering stem arising laterally at the base of a leaf rosette (vs loosely villous or subglabrous indumentum, a thickened, 1-1.5 cm wide taproot, flowering stem terminal, arising from the centre of a leaf rosette), lower cauline leaves entire to pinnatifid, with 1-2 pairs of lanceolate segments, usually forming a basal rosette at flowering time (vs pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, with 2-4 pairs of lanceolate segments, or entire, usually not forming a basal rosette at flowering time), flowers violet (vs purplish-violet), and achenes 2.8-3.5 mm (vs 4-4.5 mm) long (BANCHEVA & KAYA, 2015).