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Limonium cedrorumsp. nov. (Plumbaginaceae) from Lebanon

Francesco Maria RaimondoGianniantonio Domina

subject

BractbiologyLimoniumSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationPlumbaginaceaeCalyxTaxonInflorescenceBotanyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsLimonium Plumbaginaceae Labanon BiodiversityPlant stem

description

Limonium cedrorum Domina & Ramondo, a new species belonging to the L. palmare aggr., is described and illustrated from the inland near Becharre (Lebanon). Its relationships with morphologically close taxa are discussed. Limonium cedrorum differs from L. sieberi and L. postii mainly by looser inflorescences and larger flowers. It differs from L. galilaeum by longer outer bract and longer scale below the first inflorescence branch, few sterile branches, thicker base of the inflorescence and denser spikes, and from L. graecum by the shape of the infl orescence, longer basal internodes and the shape of the calyx.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01396.x