KEY TO THE STUDIED TAXA ACCORDING TO CYPSELA CHARACTERISTICS

1. Pappus absent.............................................................................................................................................. 2

— Pappus present........................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Boundaries wavy, thick................................................................................. C. calcitrapa subsp. calcitrapa L.

— Boundaries straight, thin................................................ C. calcitrapa subsp. cilicica (Boiss. & Bal.) Wagenitz

3. Pappus whitish, straw.................................................................................................................................. 4

— Pappus brown, purplish, coppery................................................................................................................ 7

4. Pappus plumose..................................................................................................................... C. glastifolia L.

— Pappus barbellate........................................................................................................................................ 5

5. Cypsela surface glabrous............................................................................................ C. regia Boiss. var. regia

— Cypsela surface scarcely scarcely-hairy......................................................................................................... 6

6. Cypsela surface hairs glandular.......................................................................................... C. sclerolepis Boiss.

— Cypsela surface hairs not glandular......................................................................................... C. solstitialis L.

7. Pappus purplish........................................................................................................ C. goksivriensis M. Bona

— Pappus brownish or coppery....................................................................................................................... 8

8. Cypsela brown with cream stripes................................................................................................................ 9

— Cypsela straw to whitish with no stripes.................................................................................................... 12

9. Cypsela surface smooth............................................................................................................................. 10

— Cypsela surface not smooth....................................................................................................................... 11

10. Cypsela glabrous............................................................................. C. cataonica Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss.

— Cypsela scarcely hairy.................................................................................................. C. rigida Banks & Sol.

11. Cypsela shorter than pappus............................................................................................. C. antitauri Hayek

— Cypsela longer than pappus..................................................................................... C. amanicola Hub. -Mor.

12. Pappus coppery in colour............................................................................................................. C. behen L.

— Pappus colour brownish............................................................................................................................ 13

13. Cypsela scarcely hairy................................................................................................ C. haradjianii Wagenitz

— Cypsela glabrous....................................................................................................................................... 14

14. Cypsela surface smooth............................................................................................... C. haussknechtii Boiss.

— Cypsela surface reticulate....................................................................................................... C. spicata Boiss.