Allium Cithaeronis Bogdanović, C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Musarella & Salmeri (Alliaceae), a New Species from Greece

BOGDANOVIC, S., C. BRULLO, S. BRULLO, G. GIUSSO DEL GALDO, C. M. MUSARELLA & C. SALMERI (2011). Allium cithaeronis Bogdanovic, C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Musarella & Salmeri (Alliaceae), a new species from Greece. Candollea 66: 377-382. In English, English and French abstracts. A new species of Allium sect. Scorodon Koch, Allium cithaeronis Bogdanovic, C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Musarella & Salmeri, is described and illustrated from Greece. Its chromosome number (2n = 16), karyogram, leaf anatomy, ecology, and taxonomical relationships are examined. For some morphological features, such as exserted stamens from perigon and tuberculate lobes in the upper part of the ovary, it represents a very isolated species within the section Scorodon.