The scientific study conducted on the flowers that two travelers in Fethiye realized during the nature walk revealed that this is a new species belonging to the genus 'fritillaria', also known as 'reverse tulip' among the people.
A new species of the genus "fritillaria" known as the "reverse tulip" was discovered among the population.
The pharmacist Rıfat Özdemir and his English teacher Bülent Elmas came across the antics of Kastabara (Deliklitaş) ancient ruins, which they had not seen before, on a mountain trip they had made at the 1650-acre Akdağ site in the boundaries of Fethiye.
In the past, two naturalists who worked on finding two new plant species have applied to Ege University Botanical Garden and Herbarium Application and Research Center, thinking that they are a new species.
Specialist of the faculty Aksaray University Instructor Assoc. Dr. Mehtap Tekşen and the scientists who went to the ground and studied on the spot where the travelers found the flower found that it was a new species belonging to the "fritillaria" genus known as "reverse tulip" among the people.
A new plant species called "fritillaria ozdemir-elmasii" was recorded in the surnames of the discoveries as "haslale" in Turkish.
EÜ Botanical Garden and Herbarium Application and Research Center Lecturer Assoc. Dr. Hasan Yıldırım stated that naturalists who are called "citizen scholars" have encountered different kinds of hobbies during their trips and that they have brought a new species to the scientific world thanks to their sensitivity.
Their studies and analysis result of the plant they have to realize that the world is not defined in the transfer Lightning, published in naming plants they Illustrated Flora of Turkey with the name of the scouts, he expressed introduced to the scientific world.
Yildirim said that the name of the plant was named as "fritillaria ozdemir-elmasii" to the surname of Rıfat Özdemir and Bulent Elmas at the first discovery of the plant's name, and said that they gave the name "Haslale" as the Turkish word for the plant.
TYPE NUMBER 44 INCREASED IN TURKEY
Hasan Yildirim said that the inverted lilies, which are very naive, predominantly spread in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions, and that they could be in colors like yellow, red, purple, pink.
Yildirim, explaining that the newly discovered fossil has a color between red and purple, said:
When we look at the spread of this group of plants in the world, we see that they are represented with close to 170 species, while in our country, 43 species have reached to "fritillaria ozdemir-elmasii", which we have discovered, and this species has increased to 44. These 44 species are 21 It is a plant species that live in the form of onion under the hard conditions, spreading in the high mountains in general, with the bulbous and tuberous plants.It is like the 'crying bride' used for this group in Eastern Anatolia with the early spring, a group of plants that emerges on the surface. "
Yıldırım also pointed out that they had detected a serious fielding in the area where Haslale was spreading and that it was imperative to carry out conservation work in order to ensure continuity for future generations.