Cerastium brachiatum
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
Corfu
Paxos
Antipaxos
Lefkada
Meganisi
Kalamos
Kastos
Atokos
Ithaka
Echinades
Cephalonia
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Weiss 1869 as C. illyricum var. macropetalum)
Strofades
Annotation: The only record of Cerastium brachiatum (s. str.) for Cephalonia (Phitos & Damboldt 1985: 52) needs to be revised. At the corresponding locality only C. decrescens is found and exhibits especially luxuriant individuals there, which might have led to a misidentification. Such modifications probably were the reason for merging C. brachiatum and C. decrescens into a single »subspecies« under C. illyricum in »Flora Hellenica« (Strid & Tan 1997: 206). In our opinion a careful examination requires the clear assignment of the Cephalonian population to C. decrescens. Specific separation of these taxa is recommendable as they are always clearly discriminable morphologically, showing no intermediates in respect to their characteristic features. [2016-06-29]
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: | Cerastium illyricum (p. p.) |
FE: | Cerastium illyricum subsp. prolixum |
FE2: | Cerastium illyricum subsp. brachiatum |
AFE: | Cerastium illyricum subsp. brachiatum |
FH: | Cerastium illyricum subsp. brachiatum (p. p.) |
VPG: | Cerastium illyricum subsp. brachiatum (p. p.) |