Centaurea heywoodiana (Asteraceae), a new species from the Nebrodi Mountains (NE-Sicily)

Taxonomic remarks on the Centaurea aeolica (Asteraceae) species complex

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.483.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 483 (1) ◽

pp. 9-24

Author(s):

SALVATORE BRULLO ◽

SALVATORE CAMBRIA ◽

ALESSANDRO CRISAFULLI ◽

GIANMARCO TAVILLA ◽

SAVERIO SCIANDRELLO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Metamorphic Rocks ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

Points Of View ◽

Taxonomical Revision ◽

Well Differentiated ◽

Aeolian Archipelago ◽

A New Species

In the course of a taxonomical revision of Centaurea aeolica and the closely related C. pandataria, species confined to the Aeolian Archipelago (N Sicily) and Ventotene island (Pontian Archipelago, Latium) respectively, we describe a new species, named C. phalacrica, occurring on coastal metamorphic rocks near Messina (NE Sicily). These three species, well differentiated in several features, are examined from morphological, nomenclatural, chorological, and ecological points of view. For each species, a detailed iconography, consideration on their conservation status and identification keys are provided too. The lectotype of C. pandataria kept in the Florence Herbarium (FI) is designated.

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Vicia brulloi (Fabaceae), a new species from Sicily

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.418.1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 418 (1) ◽

pp. 57-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SAVERIO SCIANDRELLO ◽

GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽

CRISTINA SALMERI ◽

PIETRO MINISSALE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Chromosome Complement ◽

Pollen Grain ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

European Distribution ◽

A New Species ◽

Seed Testa ◽

Shape And Size

Vicia brulloi, a new species from Peloritani range in NE Sicily, is described and illustrated. It is a perennial climbing liane linked to riparian woods, showing close relationship mainly with V. pisiformis, having a scattered European distribution. In particular, V. brulloi is a very rare and extremely localized species morphologically well distinct from V. pisiformis in several remarkable features, such as the dense indumentum covering the vegetative structures and calyces, the shape and size of flower pieces, pods, seeds, as well as seed testa micromorphology. Another relevant peculiarity of V. brulloi is the lower tooth of the calyx replaced by a green leafy appendix, character infrequent in legumes and hitherto never observed in other Vicia species, which clearly represents the residue of its ancestral foliar origin. The morphology, pollen grain and seed testa micromorphology, chromosome complement 2n = 2x = 12, seedling features, reproductive biology, biogeography, habitat, ecology, conservation status and taxonomic relationships of the new species are examined.

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Ostracods of the Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene Punta Mazza succession (NE Sicily) with special focus on the Family Trachyleberididae Sylvester-Bradley, 1948, and description of a new species

Carnets de géologie (Notebooks on geology) ◽

10.4267/2042/53172 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Franscesco SCIUTO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Special Focus ◽

Focus On The Family ◽

The Family ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

A New Species

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Silene peloritana (Caryophyllaceae) a new species from Sicily

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.6 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 172 (3) ◽

pp. 256 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cristian Brullo ◽

Salvatore Brullo ◽

Gianpietro Giusso Del Galdo ◽

Pietro Minissale ◽

Saverio Sciandrello

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Other ◽

Narrow Endemic ◽

Ne Sicily ◽

Well Differentiated ◽

A New Species

Silene peloritana is described and illustrated as a narrow endemic circumscribed to Mt. Scuderi, an isolated peak of the Peloritani range (NE Sicily). The new species, belonging to S. sect. Dipterosperma, is a small therophyte growing on cacuminal carbonatic stands. It is well differentiated from the other Sicilian species of this section for its small size, shorter lower internodes, bracts and calyx teeth, petal lobes obovate, coronal scales purplish, and anthers pinkish-violet. A key of the Sicilian taxa belonging to Silene sect. Dipterosperma is provided.

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