Distribution and morphological features
Local distribution and endemism is characteristic of most
representatives of the genus Gagea . The totality of the
localities of the described taxon also indicates its localization within
the catchment area of the Atrak River with insignificant outcrops to the
border areas in Kopet Dag and Big Balkhans (Fig. 3). This allows us to
call it an easternmost hyrcanian endemic, the southeastern coast of the
Caspian Sea and the mountain slopes in the basins of the Atrak and
Gorgan rivers.
Appearance and morphological features of this taxon demonstrate kinship
with G. subtilis Vved., G. vanensis (Tekşen and Erkul
2015, Figs. 1-4) and G. namanganica (Levichev et al., in press),
as well as differences from G. tenera (Ali and Levichev 2007,
Fig. 19 are given in Table 1.