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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-04
Page range: 279–286
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A new diploid butterwort species (Pinguicula, Lentibulariaceae) from Sardinia

Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Centro Conservazione Biodiversità, Università di Cagliari, viale S. Ignazio da Laconi, 11-13, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Corpo Forestale e di Vigilanza Ambientale, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, via Biasi 7, 09131 Cagliari, Italy
Dipartimento di Biologia, Unità di Botanica, Università di Pisa, via Luca Ghini, 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy
carnivorous plants endemics karyology Italy Mediterranean Basin vascular flora

Abstract

A new diploid species belonging to Pinguicula sect. Pinguicula is described from Sardinia, an island where no butterwort was previously reported from. The taxonomic relationship of P. sehuensis sp. nov. with other species is briefly discussed.