TY  - JOUR
TI  - A new subspecies of Phoenix theophrasti Greuter (Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydak) from Turkey
AB  - In the present study, a new subspecies (Phoenix theophrasti Greuter subsp. golkoyana Boydak) is described inTurkey. The unidentified Phoenix taxon native to Bodrum–Gölköy, Aegean Turkey and named as the “GölköyPhoenix population” has been known to Gölköy’s inhabitants for centuries. The Gölköy Phoenix populationwas considered to be representative of P. theophrasti. Boydak made the first of a number of trips to Gölköyand immediately noticed some distinct differences between the Gölköy Phoenix population, P. theophrastiGreuter, and Phoenix dactylifera L in the early summer of 1990. He continued his investigations on this taxonfor many years to shed light on the subject. He made two new trips to the three native stands of P. theophrastiand the Gölköy Phoenix populations in 2015 and 2018. Measurements and observations were made onthe morphological characteristics that showed distinct differences among the Gölköy Phoenix population, P.theophrasti, and P. dactylifera. These were related to the length of male stalks and female inflorescences andsome fruit and seed characteristics. The results indicate that some distinctive morphological characteristics ofthe “Gölköy Phoenix population” merit its being described as a new subspecies. “Phoenix theophrasti Greutersubsp. golkoyana Boydak” differs from P. theophrasti Greuter with respect to its longer fruiting-female stalklength and longer male stalk length, its fruiting stalks hold fruits marginally higher, and its having seeds withslightly visible striate surface crust structures and deeper-wider grooves.
AU  - BOYDAK, Melih
DO  - 10.26650/forestist.2019.19016
PY  - 2019
JO  - FORESTIST
VL  - 69
IS  - 2
SN  - 2602-4039
SP  - 133
EP  - 144
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/322471
ER  -