First Turkish record of a species from family asteraceae (compositae): Onopordum carduiforme boiss.

In this study Onopordum carduiforme (Asteraceae) is recorded for the first time from South Anatolia region (Hatay) of Turkey. The diagnostic characters of Onopordum carduiforme are given. Besides to description of the new record, photograph of the general habitus in nature is provided. Geographical distribution is mapped, and also IUCN threat category of the species at the regional scale is proposed as VU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]