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RESEARCH PRODUCT

A new species of Brassica sect. Brassica (Brassicaceae) from Sicily

Saverio SciandrelloCristian BrulloCristina SalmeriSalvatore BrulloGianpietro Giusso Del GaldoPietro Minissale

subject

biologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaBrassicaBrassica oleracea groupBrassicaceaePlant ScienceBrassica oleracea group; Endemic; KariologyBrassica Brassica oleracea group endemic karyology Sicily taxonomybiology.organism_classificationlanguage.human_languageEndemicTaxonBotanylanguageTaxonomy (biology)KariologySicilianEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

Among the suffruticose cabbages of Brassica sect. Brassica, a new species from Sicily, named B. raimondoi, is described and illustrated. It is a chasmophyte restricted to some steep limestone cliffs near Taormina (NE Sicily) and is morphologically related to B. incana, with which it shares densely hairy, broad, amplexicaul leaves and winged petioles, but differs principally in its white corolla, larger floral pieces, more developed stigmatic papillae, shorter siliquae with keeled valves and a smaller, seedless beak, smaller seeds differing in testa microsculpture. A key for the identification of the currently known Sicilian taxa of the section is provided.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-09-01
10.1080/11263504.2013.829885http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/37746