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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-12
Page range: 135–142
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Allium occultum, a new species of A. sect. Codonoprasum (Amaryllidaceae) from Skiros Island (W Aegean, Greece)

Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 6500, Patras, Greece
Laboratory of Systematic Botany, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855, Athens, Greece
Aegean flora Allioideae Greek flora plant taxonomy polyploidy

Abstract

Allium occultum Tzanoudakis & Trigas sp. nov. (Amaryllidaceae) from Skiros Island (W Aegean, Greece) is described and illustrated. It belongs to A. sect. Codonoprasum and more precisely to A. paniculatum group. Its closest relatives seem to be A. apergii and A. dirphianum, both endemic to Euboea Island (W Aegean). The new species is currently known from two neighbouring localities of Mt. Kochilas. The tetraploid chromosome number (2n = 32) was found in plants from both localities and according to the karyotype structure, the new species seems functionally diploid.