Acantholimon

A revised key to Acantholimon species with spike laxly distichous and scapes much longer than leaves in Turkey after Akaydın (2018). 1. Calyx veins bright purple, contrasting with limb; inner bracts hairy at least on veins........................................ A. caryophyllaceum 1. Calyx veins bright pink, not contrasting with limb; inner bracts glabrous........................................................................................2 2. Outer bract longer than inner bracts.................................................................................................................................. A. iconicum 2. Outer bract equalling or shorter than inner bracts..............................................................................................................................3 3. Rachis flexuous; outer bract equalling with inner bracts................................................................................................... A. kotschyi 3. Rachis straight; outer bract shorter than inner bracts.........................................................................................................................4 4. Scape branched...................................................................................................................................................................................5 4. Scape simple.......................................................................................................................................................................................6 5. Scape 1���2 branched, 6���12 mm long, with scales 7���9 mm long; calyx 10���11 mm; petals white.................................... A. ibrahimii 5. Scape 2���5 branched, 14���24 mm long, with scales 4���6 mm long; calyx 8���8.5 mm; petals pink..................................... A. akaydinii 6. Scape 15���25 cm long, with 3���4 scales; calyx 12���14 mm; outer bract 7���8 mm.............................................................. A. acerosum 6. Scape 6���12 cm long, with 4���8 scales; calyx 10���12 mm; outer bract 5���6 mm..................................................................... A. davisii
Published as part of ��z��do��ru, Bari�� & ��zgi��i, Kurtulu��, 2022, Acantholimon akaydinii (Plumbaginaceae), a new species of A. section Staticopsis from Eastern Anatolia, pp. 265-272 in Phytotaxa 539 (3) on pages 269-270, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.539.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6364166