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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Allium kyrenium (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Northern Cyprus.

Cristina SalmeriCristian BrulloSalvatore BrulloGianpietro Giusso Del Galdo

subject

Species complexAllium sect. Codonoprasum eastern Mediterranean karyology leaf anatomy taxonomybiologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaKaryotypePlant ScienceAmaryllidaceaebiology.organism_classificationEastern mediterraneanBotanyConservation statusAlliumTaxonomy (biology)PloidyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

Allium kyrenium, a new species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum, is described and illustrated from northern Cyprus. It is a very circumscribed geophyte growing on the calcareous cliffs of the Kyrenia range. This diploid species, with a somatic chromosome number 2n = 16, shows close morphological relationships with A. stamineum, a species complex distributed in the eastern Mediterranean area. Its morphology, karyology, leaf anatomy, ecology, conservation status and taxonomical relationships with the allied species belonging to the A. stamineum group are examined.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-06-17
10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.8http://hdl.handle.net/10447/158346