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Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-27
Page range: 139–154
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Allium pseudotelmatum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum from Croatia

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
bulbils genome size ITS karyology leaf anatomy taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Allium pseudotelmatum, a new species of A. sect. Codonoprasum, is described from the southern Dalmatia (Croatia). It is a late-summer flowering species with pentaploid (2n = 40) chromosome complement, occurring in synanthropic habitats (Citrus orchards with nutrient rich and fresh moist soil). Karyology, leaf anatomy, morphology, ecology, molecular (ITS) and taxonomic relationships with related species are examined for the species. It shows morphological relationships with the northern Dalmatian species A. telmatum from which it well differentiates for many morphological characters including the presence of aerial bulbils within the inflorescence, phenology, chromosome number and ecology. Confusion of A. pseudotelmatum with some specimens of A. oleraceum due to the presence of bulbils within the inflorescence is discussed.