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Valerianella locusta

[native]
Ionian Herbarium vouchers [>>> Link]

Island distribution (first record)

   Othonoi

   Ereikoussa

   Mathraki

   Corfu

   Paxos

   Antipaxos

   Lefkada

   Meganisi

   Kalamos

   Kastos

   Atokos

   Ithaka

   Echinades

   Cephalonia

   Zakynthos

   Strofades

Annotation: Valerianella locusta and V. carinata, often classified as species, are very similar: The former (»Lamb's Lettuce«, widely used as vegetable crop) differs only by the distinctive cork tissue developed on the back of the fertile locule of the fruit that appears therefore suborbicular in side view, while the fruits of V. carinata are oblong to prismatic (see photographs of the fruits!), with the fertile locule not corky. Genetically both fall into the same sub-cluster (Muminovic & al. 2004) in relation to other Valerianella species; most likely they are conspecific morphotypes (similar as other »species« pairs: cf. Devesa & al. 2005). »V. carinata«, or V. locusta f. carinata, is obviously the common type on the Ionian Islands (confirmed for Corfu, Lefkada, Meganisi, Ithaka, Cephalonia and Zakynthos), while f. locusta so far is only reported from Corfu, Paxos and Cephalonia. [2017-01-23]

Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")

linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:

PFB: Valerianella carinata, Valerianella locusta
FE: Valerianella carinata, Valerianella locusta
FE2: volume not published
AFE: volume not published
FH: volume not published
VPG: Valerianella locusta, Valerianella carinata