Turkish Journal of Botany, vol.36, no.5, pp.450-454, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Allium shirnakiense L.Behçet & Rüstemoǧlu sp. nova (sect. Melanocrommyum Webb & Berth.) is described as a species new to science on the basis of material collected from Şi{dotless}rnak Province. Morphologically, it is related to A. rhetoreanum Nab., which is an species endemic to South-eastern Turkey. A diagnosis, a taxonomic description, and some illustrations are given.