Allium cithaeronis (Alliaceae), a new species of A. sect. Scorodon from Greece

Authors :: Bogdanović, S
Brullo, C
Brullo, S
Giusso del Galdo, G
Musarella, C
SALMERI, Cristina Maria Bernardina
Bogdanović, S
Brullo, C
Brullo, S
Giusso del Galdo, G
Musarella, C
Salmeri, C
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève, Journal International de Botanique Systematique, 2011.
Abstract: Allium cithaeronis, a new species of A. sect. Scorodon from Greece is described and illustrated. Its chromosome number (2n=16), karyogram, leaf anatomy, ecology, taxonomical relationship are examined. For some morphological features, such as exerted stamens from perigon and tuberculate lobes in the upper part of the ovary,it represents a very isolated species within the A. sect. Scorodon.