TABLE 1 in Aegokeras gazipashensis (Apiaceae), a new species from South Anatolia, Turkey

TABLE 1. Comparison of diagnostic characters of Aegokeras gazipashensis and A. caespitosa.
CharactersAegokeras gazipashensisAegokeras caespitosaGrowing habitatsemi-arid mountain steppescrevices of limestone cliffsPlant habitnon-caespitosecaespitoseBase of stemwithout remains of old leaves baseswith remains of old leaves basesRootsthick cylindrical-oblong, verticalshapeless in cracks, in different positionsLeavescompletely basal, ±forming a rosette, with distinctlymostly basal, partly forming a rosette,coriaceous and glaucouswith herbaceous and ±greenishLeafletswith mostly overlapping, margin acute-laciniate to dentate, without overlapping, margin dentate or serrate, teethcartilaginous, broadly ovate to orbicular, 6–13 × 6–12 mmapiculate, not cartilaginous, ovate or oblong, 5–12 ×2.5–7 mmPetiolewith a well-developed sheath, clearly flattened, withwith a scarcely dilated sheath, with greenish marginwhitish membranaceous marginCauline leavesabsent or only at base of lateral branches sheath-like formdecreasing size to umbels and similar to basal leavesor sheath-likeBracts1–10 or rarely absent, lanceolate to linear, margins4–13, narrow-triangular to 1inear-subulatemembranous,Rim ofslightly undulateclearly dentatestylopodium