Cyanus raimondoi Negaresh

Cyanus raimondoi (Bancheva & Kaya) Negaresh, comb. nova.

Ξ Centaurea raimondoi Bancheva & Kaya in Fl. Medit. 25(special issue): 306. 2015.

Holotypus: TURKEY: A3 Bolu: between the cities of Mengen and Pazarköy, on rocky places, 40°55’25’’N 32°08’12’’E, 13.VI.2012, Bancheva & Kaya 171075 (SOM!; iso-: PAL).

Notes. – Cyanus raimondoi resembles C. eflanensis, which is endemic to Turkey, in life form, involucre size and width of the undivided portion of the scarious phyllary margin, but differs in some important characters such as a densely lanate indumentum, a thickened, 0.7-0.9 cm wide taproot, flowering stem arising laterally at the base of a leaf rosette (vs loosely villous or subglabrous indumentum, a thickened, 1-1.5 cm wide taproot, flowering stem terminal, arising from the centre of a leaf rosette), lower cauline leaves entire to pinnatifid, with 1-2 pairs of lanceolate segments, usually forming a basal rosette at flowering time (vs pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, with 2-4 pairs of lanceolate segments, or entire, usually not forming a basal rosette at flowering time), flowers violet (vs purplish-violet), and achenes 2.8-3.5 mm (vs 4-4.5 mm) long (BANCHEVA & KAYA, 2015).