and a genus of shrubs. The family has approximately 62 genera and 1830 recognized
species. The genus Verbascum L.(Scrophulariaceae, Lamiales), which is known as" the
mullein" in Turkey, consists of approximately 360 species, widely distributed in temperate
regions of Europe, Africa and Asia. The gene center for this genus is Turkey, where it is
represented by 6 imperfectly known or questionable records divided into 256 species, 131 …