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Issue: Vol. 655 No. 2: 25 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.655.2.4
Page range: 159-172
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Limonium ophioides and L. nichoriense (Plumbaginaceae), two new diploid species from Peloponnisos, Greece

Section of Ecology & Systematics, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157 03 Athens, Greece
Section of Ecology & Systematics, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157 03 Athens, Greece
Greek flora endemism Mediterranean Limonium breeding systems taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Limonium ophioides and L. nichoriense, two newly discovered species from south Peloponnisos (Greece) are described and illustrated based on their sole known populations at the Maleas Peninsula and Petalidi Messinias, respectively. Both species are diploid (2n=2x=18) and exhibit sexual breeding systems, featuring dimorphic pollen and stigmas alongside high pollen viability. Their karyological, reproductive, and morphological traits align them with the informal “L. cancellatum-dictyophorum” group, with L. coronense and L. pylium showing the closest morphological resemblance. Detailed observations on their morphological features, chromosomes, distribution, ecological preferences, conservation status, and an analytical key for all diploid Limonium species found in Peloponnisos are presented.

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