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Issue: Vol. 252 No. 2: 10 March 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.252.2.3
Page range: 114–122
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Limonium albuferae (Plumbaginaceae), a new polyploid species from the Eastern Iberian Peninsula

Servicio de Vida Silvestre. Centro para la Investigación y Experimentación Forestal (CIEF). Conselleria d’Infraestructures, Territori i Medi Ambient. Generalitat Valenciana
Departament de Botànica. Facultat de Farmacia. Universitat de València. Avda. Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100, Burjassot, València, Spain
Jardín Botánico, Universitat de València. C/ Quart, 80, E–46008, València. Spain
Carl Faust Fdn., P.O. Box 112, E–17300, Blanes, Spain
Servicio de Vida Silvestre. Centro para la Investigación y Experimentación Forestal de la Generalitat Valenciana (CIEF). VAERSA. Av. Comarques del País Valencià, 114, E–46930, Quart de Poblet, València, Spain
Limonium Plumbaginaceae polyploidy Spain taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species from Limonium (Plumbaginaceae), L. albuferae sp. nov., is described from the saline-sandy soils in the saltmarshes of the Eastern Iberian Peninsula (Devesa Albufera, Valencia province, Spain). The new species is triploid (2n = 26) and is closely related to the Western Mediterranean L. girardianum from which it morphologically differs by the major robustness, and overall dimensions of leaves, inflorescences, spikes and spikelets, and by the comparative smaller size of the outer and middle bracts.