Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (Dec 1997)

Allium oporinanthum (Alliaceae), a new species from the NW Mediterranean área.

  • Salvatore Brullo,
  • Pietro Pavone,
  • Cristina Salmeri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.1997.v55.i2.276
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 2
pp. 297 – 302

Abstract

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A new species Allium oporinanthum is described from some localities of the NW Mediterranean área. The new species belongs to A. sect. Codonoprasum and is usually localized on limestone in shady rocky places. It is an autumnal species with a tetraploid chromosome number (2n = 32). Its old origin and its taxonomic relationships are examined too.

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