Gagea tisoniana, a new species of Gagea Salisb. sect. Gagea (Liliaceae) from central Italy |
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| Authors: | LORENZO PERUZZI FABRIZIO BARTOLUCCI FLAVIO FRIGNANI FRANCESCO MINUTILLO |
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| Affiliation: | Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico, Universitàdella Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy; Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell'Appennino, Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, Universitàdi Camerino, S. Colombo, via prov. le km 4.2, 67021 Barisciano (AQ), Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali 'G. Sarfatti', Sez. di Ecologia e Sistematica Animale e Vegetale, U. R. Floristica e Fitosociologia, Universitàdi Siena, via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; via Cuostile 5, 04024 Gaeta (LT), Italy |
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| Abstract: | Gagea tisoniana Peruzzi et al. sp. nov. is described and its taxonomic relationship is discussed. The new species, which appears to be endemic to central Italy, is close to G. pratensis (Pers.) Dumort., G. pusilla (F. W. Schmidt) Sweet, and other mainly poorly known [i.e. G. succedanea Griseb. et Schenk, G. transversalis Stev., and G. paczoskii (Zapal.) Grossh.] or as yet undescribed taxa from eastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean area. The recognition of the new taxon G. tisoniana is claimed on the basis of anatomical, karyological, ecological, and phytogeographical data. Maps of the Italian distribution of G. pratensis (2 n = 60), G. pusilla (2 n = 24), and G. tisoniana (2 n = 24) are presented, together with an analytical identification key. Finally, G. pratensis is recorded here for the first time in Tuscany (Monte Cetona). © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 155 , 337–347. |
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| Keywords: | anatomy flora karyology keys Latium maps ontology Tuscany |
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