Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Authors: | Hadjikyriakou, G., Hand, R., Mansion G. |
Journal: | Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. St. Louis, MO |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page: | 431 |
Pagination: | 436 |
Keywords: | Araceae, Arum, Cyprus, IUCN Red List |
Abstract: | Arum cylindraceum Gasp. subsp. pitsyllianum Hadjik., Hand & G. Mans. (Araceae), a rare Cypriot endemic, is described as new. This diploid taxon differs from A. cylindraceum s. str. by the spathe tube that is whitish to greenish white internally with a pale purple horizontal strip just above the base and 3–4 cm long, the spadix, which is orange to orangish purple, and the anthers and connectives that are orange. |
URL: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3417/2011007 |
DOI: | 10.3417/2011007 |
Full Text | According to Boyce (1993, 2006), the genus Arum L. consists of 28 species, occurring from the Azores, North Africa, Europe, and eastward to China. Arum megobrebi Lobin, M. Neumann, Bogner & P. C. Boyce, an additional taxon, has been described recently (Lobin et al., 2007). The genus is represented in Cyprus by six species placed in various infragenera (cf. Boyce, 1993, 1994, 2006) and includes A. italicum Mill., A. concinnatum Schott (section Arum), A. sintenisii (Engl.) P. C. Boyce (section Dioscoridea P. C. Boyce subsection Dischroochiton Schott), A. rupicola Boiss. (section Dioscoridea subsection Tenuifila (Engl.) P. C. Boyce), A. hygrophilum Boiss. (section Dioscoridea subsection Hygrophila P. C. Boyce), and A. dioscoridis Sm. (section Dioscoridea subsection Poeciloporphyochiton Schott). Both the new subspecies and A. cylindraceum Gasp. would assign to Arum sect. Dioscoridea subsect. Alpina P. C. Boyce. Recent molecular phylogenies of the genus are partially congruent with the morphological classification (Mansion et al., 2008; Espíndola et al., 2010; Linz et al., 2010), which suggests extreme caution when proposing a new classification without identifying nonmolecular synapomorphies. |
Arum cylindraceum subsp. pitsyllianum (Araceae), a New Taxon from Cyprus
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