Bolanthus huber

Yildizbaş, Avni & Koç, Murat, 2025, The taxonomic revision of genus Bolanthus (Caryophyllaceae) in Türkiye, Phytotaxa 696 (1), pp. 28-54 : 42

Bolanthus huber -morathii Simon, Bauhinia 6(1): 83 (1977).

Type: [ Turkey A2 Bursa] South side of the Uludağ, at the road between Soğukpinar and Keles, 3 km after Soğukpinar , ca. 900 m, 03 August 1976 (holotype P; isotype GAZI!) .

Description ( Figs. 10–13 ): — Perennial herbs. Stems prostrate, 1–8, 9–18 cm, base 0.8–1.2 mm diameter, loose branched, glabrous or puberulent, nodes 5–9, internodes 5–10 mm. Leaves setaceous, 4–6 × 0.5–0.6 mm, glabrous, prominent 1-nerved, greenish, not adpressed to stem; terminal acute; sheaths membranous, 1–1.3 mm, glabrous or puberulent. Inflorescence and side loose clusters, dense glandular hairs; flowers pedicellate, in each clusters 5–9. Bracts subulate, 4–5 × 0.7–0.9 mm, up to ½ inflorescence, dense glandular hairs; margin membranous, ciliate, ciliates 0.1-0.15 mm; terminal acute. Pedicels 1–3 mm, dense glandular hairs. Calyx tubulate, dense glandular hairs, 4–5 × 1.2–1.4 mm; Calyx teeth narrowly triangular, 1–1.5 mm tall, margins ciliate, terminal acute. Petals oblanceolate, 6–7 × 0.8–1.2 mm, up to 1.5 times sepals, lamina pink, petal nerves dark pink; terminal emarginate; base cuneate. Stamens 10, filament 3.5–4.5 mm tall. Styles 2, 4–5 mm tall. Capsule oblong, 4–4.5 × 1–1.4 mm, 2–4-seeded, usually as much as sepals. Seeds comma shaped 0.8–1.1 × 0.6–0.8 mm, brown, side and ridge surface tuberculate, granular.

Phenology: June–July, 900–1300 m, serpentine places.

General Distribution: Endemic. East Mediterranean and Irano–Turanian element.

Distribution for Türkiye: Central Anatolia and Mediterranean region.

Notes:— The taxon was firstly defined with the name Bolanthus huber-morathii by Simon in 1977 ( Simon 1977). The location of the type of this taxon is the serpentinized areas of the Bursa-Keles province. The taxon differes from the other taxa of the Bolanthus in terms of having hairless, creeping stems, setaceous shaped leaves, long internodes and pedicellate flowers. Also it has been recommended to be placed in the VU B1a category ( IUCN 2017). Its distribution in Türkiye was given in Figure 13 .

Specimens examined: — TÜRKİYE. A2 Bursa: between Soğukpınar and Keles, Soğukpınar exit, 930 m, 19 July 2016, Koç 2352 & Hamzaoğlu (Bozok Univ. Herb.); B2 Kütahya: TavŞanlı, southwest of Arifler village, Pinus nigra , Quercus and Juniperus communities, 1300 m, 23 July 2014, Kocakaya clad 226 & Koç (Bozok Univ. Herb.).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Bolanthus huber-morathii (Koç 2352 & Hamzaoğlu). A—habit, B—inflorescence, C—flower, D—petal, E—capsule.

FIGURE 13. Distribution of taxa B. huber-morathii (D), B. mevlanae (●) and B. turcicus (■) in Türkiye.