Dogan, BekirDuran, Ahmet2020-03-262020-03-2620090107-055Xhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00471.xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23337A new species, Centaurea serpentinica A. Duran & B. Dogan (Asteraceae) in sect. Acrolophus (Cass.) DC., is described and illustrated from Anatolia, Turkey. The species grows on eroded serpentine stony slopes and in open Pinus brutia Ten. forest in the Yahyali district (C5 Kayseri Province) in the central and south Anatolia transition zone. It is morphologically similar to Centaurea kilaea Boiss. Diagnostic morphological characters from closely similar taxa are discussed and arranged in a key. Ecology, conservation status and biogeography of the species is also presented. In addition, the geographical distribution of the new species and other related species is mapped.en10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00471.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle274319323Q3WOS:000268535200011Q3