Erysimum aureum M. Bieb., Fl. Taur.

Özdöl, Tuğkan, Güner, Özal, Sefali, Abdurrahman, Akçiçek, Ekrem, Dirmenci, Tuncay & Yildirim, Hasan, 2022, Three new records for the flora of Turkey: Campanula lyrata subsp. icarica (Campanulaceae), Erysimum aureum (Brassicaceae) and Stachys benthamiana (Lamiaceae), Phytotaxa 531 (2), pp. 147-150 : 147-149

Erysimum aureum M. Bieb., Fl. Taur. -Caucas. 2: 117 (1808)

Type:— Lectotype (designated by Dorofeyev 1986):— RUSSIA. habitat in dumentis promontorii caucafici, inter Mofdok et Kifljar, ad fluuium Terek; etiam ad Kumam riuum minime rarum, Ex Caucaso rutheno, Herb. M. Bieberstein (LE; Isolectoype W19287).

Erysimum aureum Bieberstein (1808: 117) was first described by M. Bieberstein from the forests along the Terek River, between Mozdok and Kizlyar in 1808 ( Bieberstein 1808). E. aureum was first found in Turkey during floristic fieldworks around Bayburt province in 2018-2020 and herbarium specimens were collected from the discovered populations ( Fig. 1 ).

Collected materials ( Fig. 1 ): — Bayburt: provincial border Gümüşhane, between Sadak lake and Çamur village, under the Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson, streamside, 18.06.2018, 390 E, 1700 m., A.Sefalı 421 (EGE!); Kopus bridge, under the Elaeagnus rhamnoides , streamside, 20.07.2020, 400 E, 1588 m., A.Sefalı 619 (EGE!).

Turkish name:— The Turkish name of E. aureum is proposed as “ bayburtzarifesi ”, according to the guidelines of Menemen et al. (2013).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A: Distribution map of Campanula lyrata subsp. icarica (red stars), Erysimum aureum (yellow squares) and Stachys benthamiana (bluish circle) in Turkey; B–I: images from the new Turkish populations: B, C, D—C. lyrata subsp. icarica; E, F, G—E. aureum; H, I—S. benthamiana.