A New Variety of Campanula myrtifolia (Campanulaceae) from South Anatolia, Turkiye

Turkiye is a key country of the Campanula L. diversity in the Mediterranean Basin and also more than half of Campanula species in Turkiye are endemic. Sect. Trachiolepis mostly consists of perennial polycarpic or perennial monocarpic and chasmophyte species. Campanula myrtifolia var. caerulea Yıldırım, Deniz & Altıoğlu (Campanulaceae Juss.) is described as a new variety from Antalya (Turkiye). Diagnostic characteristics, a full description and comprehensive photographs are given here. According to its morphological features, it belongs to Campanula subgen. Campanula sect. Trachiolepis. It is morphologically closely related to C. myrtifolia Boiss. & Heldr. var. myrtifolia. It is easily distinguished from C. myrtifolia var. myrtifolia by its purplish-blue to dark blue corolla. Differences among the those two closely related variety are given in detail. C. myrtifolia var. caerulea and C. myrtifolia var. myrtifolia, both are endemic species for Flora of Turkiye. The subject of the article C. myrtifolia var. caerulea is distributed the in Antalya province.