Two new Allium (A. sect. Cupanioscordum, Amaryllidaceae) species from Greece

PANAYIOTIS TRIGAS; ELEFTHERIOS KALPOUTZAKIS; THEOPHANIS CONSTANTINIDIS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.297.2.5

Issue: Vol. 297 No. 2: 27 February 2017

Type: Article

Published: 2017-02-27

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.2.5

Page range: 179–188

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**Two new Allium (A. sect. Cupanioscordum, Amaryllidaceae) species from Greece**

PANAYIOTIS TRIGAS⁺⁻
ELEFTHERIOS KALPOUTZAKIS⁺⁻
THEOPHANIS CONSTANTINIDIS⁺⁻

Laboratory of Systematic Botany, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55, Athens, Greece

Division of Pharmacognocy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71 Athens, Greece

Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 03 Athens, Greece

Alliaceae Greek flora karyology Mediterranean flora plant taxonomy Moncots

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Abstract

Allium iatrouinum from Evvia Island (W Aegean, Greece) and A. pycnotrichum from Mt. Parnon (SE Peloponnisos, Greece) are described and illustrated. They belong to A. sect. Cupanioscordum, which includes ca. 24 species so far, mainly distributed in the Mediterranean region. Both species are diploid/dysploid (2n = 2x = 14), related to each other and also related to other dysploid members of the A. cupanii group, especially A. hirtovaginatum (W Turkey) and A. maghrebinum (Tunisia, Algeria). The new species grow in rocky habitats and occur in restricted mountain areas, where they flower in summer, mostly from July to August.