Limonium brevipetiolatum
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Pieri 1814 as Statice limonium)
Paxos
Antipaxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Hofmann 1968 as Statice angustifolia)
! ! ... approved by field observationMeganisi (Chilton 2002 as L. vulgare subsp. serotinum)
Kalamos
? ? ... doubtful in literatureKastos (Chousou-Polydouri 2005 as L. narbonense)
Atokos
Ithaka
Echinades (Iliadou & al. 2014)
! ! ... approved by field observationCephalonia (Heldreich 1882 as Statice limonium)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Sibthorp & Smith 1806 as Statice limonium)
Strofades
Annotation: Within the Limonium vulgare group (Brullo & Erben 2016) L. brevipetiolatum was separated as hexaploid species (Artelari & Erben 1986b: 707), based on plant material from Lefkada. The chromosome number of 2n = 54 was determined on material collected on Corfu, Lefkada, Cephalonia and Zakynthos (Artelari 1984a, Artelari 1984c: 20, as L. angustifolium). It is known as an endemic of the Ionian region (occurring on the main islands as well as at the coast of W. Peloponnesus opposite to Zakynthos, and south to the Messinian Bay). Occurrence on Kastos and Echinades islands (Soros, Apasa, Makri, Makropoula) however were reported without further comment as L. narbonense (Chousou-Polydouri 2005: 66, Iliadou & al. 2014: 134), a very similar but tetraploid species only recently proved for Corfu within the Ionian region (Brullo & Erben 2016: 32). Confirmation of their identity is desirable. [2016-11-19]
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: | Statice angustifolia (p. p.) |
FE: | Limonium vulgare subsp. serotinum (p. p.) |
FE2: | volume not published |
AFE: | volume not published |
FH: | volume not published |
VPG: | Limonium brevipetiolatum |