Allium shinasii (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Turkey

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Allium shinasii (Amaryllidaceae) is described here as a new species. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description, and detailed illustrations are given herein. Allium shinasii is known from Tunceli province in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. According to its morphological features, it belongs to Allium sect. Codonoprasum . It is related to A. kurtzianum that belongs to the same section, A. sieheanum and A. sivasicum that belong to A. sect. Scorodon . However, it is easily distinguished from these species mainly by tepals, leaves and spathe characters.