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Type: Article
Published: 2012-11-15
Page range: 53–58
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Allium cyrilli (Amaryllidaceae): typification, taxonomy and update of the Italian distribution

Dipartimento di Biologia, Unità di Botanica generale e sistematica, Università di Pisa, Via Luca Ghini 5, 56126, Pisa, Italy
Via degli Alpini 7, 43037, Lesignano de’ Bagni (Parma), Italy
Via Diego Peluso 21/D, 74121 Taranto, Italy
Via Casalegno 6, 43100, Parma, Italy
Via Foggia 37, 74012 Crispiano (Taranto), Italy
Via Martiri di Cefalonia 30, 71043 Manfredonia (Foggia), Italy
Via Omino 35, Banzola, 43039 Salsomaggiore Terme (Parma), Italy
Via Ugo La Malfa 6/16, 20060 Vignate (Milano), Italy
Allium sect. Melanocrommyum identification key Italian flora Mediterranean Italy Monocots

Abstract

Allium cyrilli was long misinterpreted by Italian botanists and often confused with other taxa. In order to fix the application of this name, a lectotype is selected. The taxonomy of this species is clarified and discussed, especially in relation to the similar A. nigrum. Moreover, the distribution data of A. cyrilli in Italy are significantly updated, since the species is newly recorded for northern Italy (Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto). The most useful qualitative and quantitative morphological characters, aimed to distinguish this species, are highlighted.