kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales » family Violaceae » tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Melanium Ging.
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Distributional Range:Native SOUTEASTERN EUROPE: Turkey. South-West Anatolia (endemic)
Habitat: It grows in serpentinite stony slopes at an elevation of 1670 m. Viola denizliensis is known only from one locality with small populations in Bozdağ Mountain. It is suggested that this new species should be placed under the IUCN threat category “Critically Endangered (CR)” (IUCN 2012), because the estimated area of occupancy is less than 10 km2 (criterion B2) and it is known only from one locality (criterion B2a). The population size of the new species is estimated to be less than 50 mature individuals (criterion C2a-i). The population size of the new species could be reduced in the near future based on road construction between Nikfer to Bozdağ Mountain.
References:
Düşen O. et al..( 2018) Morphological and molecular determination of a new Viola species (Violaceae) from Turkey Phytotaxa 369 (1): 037–046
Habitat of Viola denizliensis.
A) Population on serpentinite stony slopes;
B) Very tiny samples (marked with arrows) among serpentinite stones
Known distribution of Viola denizliensis (red star), V. dirimliensis (blue square) and V. kitaibeliana (yellow dots) in Turkey