A new subspecies of Epipactis microphylla (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) from Pantelleria Island (Sicily)

SALVATORE BRULLO; CRISTIAN BRULLO; SALVATORE CAMBRIA; GIANMARCO TAVILLA; SALVATORE PASTA; LEONARDO SCUDERI; ANGELO ZIMMITTI

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.512.2.1

Issue: Vol. 512 No. 2: 22 July 2021

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Published: 2021-07-22

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.512.2.1

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**A new subspecies of Epipactis microphylla (Orchidaceae; Epidendroideae) from Pantelleria Island (Sicily)**

SALVATORE BRULLO⁺⁻
CRISTIAN BRULLO⁺⁻
SALVATORE CAMBRIA⁺⁻
GIANMARCO TAVILLA⁺⁻
SALVATORE PASTA⁺⁻
LEONARDO SCUDERI⁺⁻
ANGELO ZIMMITTI⁺⁻

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I-95125 Catania, Italy

Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 5, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I-95125 Catania, Italy

Institute of Bioscience and BioResources (IBBR), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Unit of Palermo, Corso Calatafimi 414, 90129 Palermo, Italy

Via Andromaca 60, 91100 Trapani, Italy

Via Garibaldi 21, 96010 Melilli (SR), Italy

Monocots Endemic orchids Limodorinae Neottieae orchid flora of Sicily orchid taxonomy

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Abstract

A new subspecies of Epipactis microphylla, proposed as subsp. cossyrensis is described and illustrated from Pantelleria, a volcanic island near Sicily. It differs from subsp. microphylla mainly in the shape and size of leaves and bracts and several floral traits. This taxon, previously attributed to E. pollinensis, a species currently treated as a synonym of E. purpurata, grows in the undergrowth of thermophilous woodlands occurring on the top of the island, where it numbers a few tens of individuals. The conservation status, phenology and taxonomic remarks are provided. Keys for the species belonging to the Epipactis atrorubens group (= subsect. Atrorubensae), including E. microphylla, are presented.

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