(1) Dipartimento di Biologia, Sezione di Botanica Generale, Via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milano, Italy;(2) Istituto di Scienze Farmacologiche, Via Andrea del Sarto, 21, I-20129 Milano, Italy
Abstract:
The taxon commonly namedHelleborus viridis in Lombardy (NW. Italy) differs from both, subsp.viridis and subsp.occidentalis, and is shown to fall within the variation range ofH. odorus subsp.laxus which has been reported so far for NE. Italy only. TrueH. viridis within Italy grows only in the Maritime Alps.