Gagea ramulosa A.Terracc.

Tekşen, Mehtap & Erkul, Seher Karaman, 2015, The synopsis of the genus Gagea (Liliaceae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 230 (1), pp. 101-129 : 113-114

Gagea ramulosa A.Terracc. in Boll. Soc. Ortic. Palermo 2 (3): 9 (1904)

= Gagea dubia var. foliosa A.Terracc. in Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 1128 (1905) = Gagea granatellii (Parl.) Parl. subsp. maroccana A. Terracc., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 16 (1905).

Type (lectotype designated by Peruzzi & Tison 2004: 331): — ITALY. Sicily, praticelle alle vette del M.te Busambra, 24 April 1904, A.Terracciano s.n. (Herb. Terracciano, NAP!).

Specimens seen: — TURKEY. Aksaray: Gülağaç, Saratlı, steppe, 1150 m, 5 April 2012, M. Tekşen 2869 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Ihlara valley, against Sümbüllü church, c. 1100 m, 16 March 1994, F. Ertuğ 8 ( GAZI!); Ankara: Ankara- Ayaş, Ayaşbeli pass, fields, 1183 m, 4 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2762 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Pursaklar, Sarayköy, Cumhuriyet neighborhood, 930 m, fields, 4 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2764 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Beynam forest, 24 March 1971, Y. Akman 8321 ( ANK!); Agricultural school, 26 March 1929, Müller 221 ( ANK!); Incesu, wetland slopes, 19 March 1943, H. Bağda s.n. ( ANK!); Nallıhan-Uluhan, c. 900 m, 30 April 1971, Y. Akman 8742 ( ANK!); Dikmen, steppe, c. 1000 m, 23 April 1945, B. Kasaplıgil ( ANK!); Beynam, meadows, c. 1150 m, 13 April 1983, H. Malyer 2845 ( ESSE!); Beynam, Beynam forest, Quercus and Pinus nigra forest, 13 April 1983, H. Malyer 2849 ( ESSE!); Gölbaşı- Bala road, Kömürcü-Evciler village, steppe, 13 April 1983, H. Malyer 2855 ( ESSE!); Antalya: Akseki, 3 km to Cevizli, Ceceler village crossroad-Cevizli, stony places, 1164 m, 1 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2659 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Central Taurus (Isavria), Ibradi district, Gembos pasture, 1300–1400 m a.s.l., on limestone, 24 March 2010, L. Peruzzi ( PI!); d. Akseki, pass above Akseki, rocky slopes in Abies forest, 1500 m, 9 April 1956, Davis 28791 & O. Polunin ( E!, K!); Forest road from village of leading to Çığlıkkara, 28 March 1975, T. Baytop, C. Brickey & B. Mathew 8375 ( K!); d. Elmalı, Sarıyer mountain, between Korkuteli & Elmalı, stony slopes, 1700 m, 7 April 1956, Davis 25742 & O. Polunin ( E!, K!); Akseki, pass above Akseki, rocky slopes in Abies forest, c. 1500 m, 9 April 1956, Davis 25791 & O. Polunin ( ANK!); Korkuteli to Kızılcadağ, 27 km from Korkuteli, 27 April 1976, A. Baytop 34722 ( E!); Elmalı, Sarıyer mountain, Korkuteli-Elmalı, stony slopes, c. 1700 m, 7 April 1956, Davis 25742 & O. Polunin ( ANK!); Bilecik: Söğüt, Çayköy, 22 May 1983, M. Öztürk 6788 ( ESSE!); Ibradı, Gembos plateau, 1350 m, 2 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2668 & S. Karaman ( GAZI!); Murtiçi-Manavgat, 1 km to Fersinalan, edge of Pinus brutia forest, 634 m, 28 March 2012, M. Tekşen 2867 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Isparta: Eğirdir, Barla mountain, Senirkent, c. 1600 m, 8 May 1986, Y. Akman 14300 ( ANK!); Eğirdir, Yaka village, above Melikler cemetery, Pinus nigra-Junipeus excelsa forest, 1300–2100 m, 19 May 1973, H. Peşmen et al. 3438, 3481 ( HUB!); Sütçüler, Kuzca village, Totabeli, N slopes, Pinus nigra forest, limestone rocks, 1450–1680 m, 17 April 1975, H. Peşmen & A. Güner 2055 ( HUB!); Eğirdir, Anamas, Yaka village, Kapız river-Çamova, Pinus nigra forest, limestone deep valley, rocky places, 1280–1650 m, 15 April 1975, H. Peşmen & A. Güner 2002 ( HUB!); Eğridir, Yakaköy, Melikler, wet meadows, 28 April 1976, A. Baytop 34651 ( E!); Eğirdir, Barla mountain, c. 1500–2000 m, 21 April 1986, M.Koyuncu 14301 ( ANK!); Erzincan: Çağlayan, Çukur fallow field, Munzur mountains, 1350–1600 m, 23 April 1980, Ş.Yıldırımlı 2596 ( ANK!); Kemaliye, Sırzı ridges, Munzur mountains, 900–1100 m, 5 April 1980, Ş. Yıldırımlı 2545 ( ANK!); Horticultural Research Institute Garden, steppe, 1181 m, 29 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2804b & S. Karaman ( AKSU!); Kahramanmaraş: Afşin, Arıtaş, S of Incir village, limestone rocks, 1700 m, 18 April 2010, Z. Aytaç 9523 & M. Tekşen ( GAZI!).

Flowering time: — February–May.

Habitat: — under and clearings of Pinus brutia , limestone places, stony and rocky places, steppe, macchie, wet meadows, edge of fields, 1000–2100 m.

Distribution: — East Mediterranean (mt.) element. Turkey (Central, South and rarely East Anatolia), Spain, Morocco, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece ( Govaerts 2015).

Note: — Gagea ramulosa , which was tentatively indicated as a synonym of G. dubia by Peruzzi & Tison (2004), Peruzzi et al. (2011a) and Zarrei et al. (2011), was never reported for the Flora of Turkey ( Rix 1984), until Tison et al. (2013) indicated it for the country. Indeed, as a result of the field studies and examined specimens in the herbaria, the samples which were formerly identified as G. granatellii were identified either as G. dubia or G. ramulosa .