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New plant species discovered from a social media photo grows only in Konya

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Retired professor Ahmet Duran identified a new species of rare sarunotu after seeing a social media photograph from Konya.
  • The plant, named Konya sarunotu, grows only in Konya and has been recorded in the botanical literature.

A photograph shared on social media has led to the identification of a new plant species found only in Konya.

Retired professor Ahmet Duran noticed the plant in the image and investigated it. He determined that it was a different species of the rare sarunotu plant, which belongs to the parsley family.

Duran named the plant Konya sarunotu. The discovery has since entered the scientific literature after publication in the botanical journal Phytotaxa.

โ€œIt's a plant that grows only in Konya in the world. It is also a very rare plant. It is represented by very few individuals,โ€ Duran said.

It's a plant that grows only in Konya in the world. It is also a very rare plant. It is represented by very few individuals.

· Ahmet DuranThe retired professor described the plant's limited geographic range and rarity.
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