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Types of names of taxa belonging to theCentaurea cinerariagroup (Compositae) described from Sicily

Werner GreuterFrancesco Maria RaimondoGianniantonio Domina

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0106 biological sciencesCompositaeAcrolophusCentaureaPlant ScienceAsteraceaeSubspecies010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCinerariaBotanyTypificationTypificationSicilyNomenclatureCentaurea cinerariaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbiologyNomenclatureSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaHolotypebiology.organism_classificationItalyCentaureaMediterranean flora010606 plant biology & botany

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The group of Centaurea (sect. Acrolophus) cineraria (Compositae) in Sicily includes four currently accepted species plus four taxa that have been considered, with some doubt, as subspecies of one of them (C. panormitana). In total, discounting recombinations and replacement names, 11 names (seven specific, three varietal, one of a forma), all based on Sicilian material, were published by past authors for these eight taxa. Two of the names had their holotype indicated upon publication; two have been lectotypified previously; six (C. busambarensis var. obtusiloba, C. cineraria var. soluntina, C. cineraria var. umbrosa, C. todaroi, C. todaroi f. seguenzae and C. ucriae) are lectotypified here; and C. panormitana is neotypified. The whole group is extremely variable and the delimitation of most taxa is still uncertain. Pending further study, including the sampling of wild populations, no taxonomic reassessment is therefore attempted here, with one exception: the merger of C. panormitana subsp. ucriae with C. panormitana subsp. panormitana.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-03-01Willdenowia
https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.46.46102