TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between Allium karakocanense and the similar A. ampeloprasum, A. pseudoampeloprasum, A. affine and A in Allium karakocanense (Amaryllidaceae; Allium sect. Allium), a new species from eastern Anatolia (Türkiye)

TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between Allium karakocanense and the similar A. ampeloprasum, A. pseudoampeloprasum, A. affine and A. bourgeaui (data from: Vvedenskii 1968, Kollmann et al. 1984, Wendelbo 1985, Matthew 1996 and Koyuncu et al. 2023) CharactersAllium karakocanenseA.ampeloprasumA.pseudoampeloprasumA.affineA.bourgeauiBulbbroadly ovoid to subglobose, 2–4 cm diam.broadly ovoid to subglobose, 2–6 cm diamovoid, 1–2 cm diamovoid, 1–2.5 cm diam.ovoid, 1–2 cm diam.Outer tuniccoriaceous, yellowish or brownish, split into strips or entiremembranous, yellowish or brownmembranous, dark brownpapyraceous -crusty, dark brownmembranouscoriaceous, yellowish brownInner tunicpapyraceous, greyish, whitish grey or brownish, split into stripsmembranous, whitemembranous, whitemembranous, whitemembranous, whiteBulblets± ovoid, 6–7× 4.5–5 mm, ligthted brownish± spherical or hehnet-shaped, 3–10 mm diam, yellowish,5–20 mm long, yellowishabsentabsent or 1–2Leaves5–6, 3.5–7.5 mm broad, flat, scabrid, keeled, sheathing lower 1/3 of stem4–10, 5–25 mm broad, flat, scabrid, keeled, sheathing lower 1/3–1/2 of stem4–6, 6–10 mm broad flat, smooth, sheathing lower 1/3 of stem3–5, 2–5 mm broad, fistulose-semicylindrical, canaliculate, smooth, sheathing lower 1/3 of stem4–12, 5–25 mm broad, flat, scabrid, sheathing lower to 1/2 of stemUmbel diam. (cm), shape2–5, spherical4–9, spherical4–6, globose3–5, spherical2.5–6.5, sphericalPedicels15–24 mm long, unequal, green, 2–3 mm thickened at the base15–50 mm long, purple, reddish, lilac or green, not thickened at the base10–20 mm long, pinkish purple, not thickened at the base,15–35 mm long, unequal, greenish, whitish green, thickened at the base10–25 mm long, purple, reddish, lilac or green, thickened or not thickened at the baseBracteolesonly pedicels in the outermost 2–4 rows of the inflorescence with membranous, milk white bracteolesall pedicels with bracteoles at the base and bracteoles shorter than pedicelsall pedicels with bracteoles at the baseonly outer pedicels with white bracteolespresent or absentPerigon length (mm), color and papillae on outer tepal3.5–4.1, green, with papillae4–5, white, purple, lilac or green, with large sparse papillae especially around midvein or smooth3.25–5, bright pink with purple midvein or purple in upper part, scabridulous,3.5–4, whitish, with a strong green midvein, smooth2.5–4 (–4.3), pale green or purple, denselly papillateOuter tepal sizes(mm) and shapes(3.8–) 4–4.2 × 1.3–1.5 mm, oblong, concave, apiculate, acute-subacute(3.5) 4.5–5×1.5–2.5 usually oblong, concave, subacute3.5–5x1–1.5; lanceolate, scabridulous, longer than oblong-lanceolate inner ones, acute3.5 – 4 × 1–1.5 carinate, oblong, with green midvein, smooth2.5–4 × 0.8–1.5, lanceolate, acute or obtuseInner tepal sizes(mm) and shapes3.8–4.2 × 1.5–1.8 oblong, obtuse or subacute, smooth(3.5) 4.5-5×2–2.5, broadly ovate, obtuse, apiculate, smooth3–4.5 mm long; oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter than outer ones, smooth3.5–4.2 × 1–1.5 mm, ob1ong, linear oblong with green midvein, smooth2.5–4 × 0.8–1.5, narrowly oblong, truncate or emarginate, sparsely papillate or smoothFilaments1.5–2 × segments, white, not ciliate at base (glabrous or sometimes sparsely scabrid at base), inner filament 5–7 × 1.3–1.8 mm, inner ones narrower than perianth segments5–6 mm long, longer than segments, purple, lilac or white, ciliate near base, inner filaments 2–2.5 mm broad, broader than tepal or equalalmost twice as long as perigon; ciliate at base inner scarcely broader than perigon segments1.25–1.3 × segments, ciliate at baselong–exserted; inner fllaments ciliate at baseAnthers1.6–1.7 × 0.7 mm, yellow, cream yellowc. 1 mm long, purple or yellowabout 1 mm long, purplec.1.2 mm long, greenish-yellowc. 1 mm long, yellow or purple ...continued on the next page