On a new subspecies of Adoxa moschatellina (Adoxaceae), apoendemic in Calabria (S Italy) |
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| Authors: | Lorenzo Peruzzi Nicodemo Giuseppe Passalacqua |
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| Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Biologia, Unitàdi Botanica generate e sistematica, Universitàdi Pisa, via Luca Ghini S, 56126 Pisa, Italy. E-mail:;N. G. Passalacqua, Natural History Museum of Calabria and Botanic Garden, University of Calabria, 87030, Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), Italy. E-mail: |
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| Abstract: | Adoxa moschatellina subsp. cescae subsp. nova is proposed. Phytogeographical, karyological and morphological evidences are presented. This subspecies appear to be endemic to the Coastal Chain, Calabria (S Italy) and shows a triploid (2n = 54) chromosome complement, different from the diploid (2n = 36) one of A. moschatellina s.s. By a morphological point of view, pollen and stomata size of the latter (from the whole Italy, including the Pollino Massif, N Calabria) appear to be smaller in average than those of the new subspecies, which can be considered as a new apoendemic taxon, because of its distribution and high ploidy level. |
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