Prospero autumnale
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Pieri 1814 as Scilla autumnalis)
Paxos
Antipaxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Hofmann 1968 as Scilla autumnalis)
Meganisi
! ! ... approved by field observationKalamos (Gutermann & al. 2014 as P. autumnale (s. lat.))
Kastos (Chousou-Polydouri 2005 as Scilla autumnalis)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherIthaka (Markantonatou 1991 as Scilla autumnalis)
Echinades
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCephalonia (Phitos & Damboldt 1985 as Scilla autumnalis)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Margot & Reuter 1840 as Scilla autumnalis)
Strofades
Annotation: On the Ionian Islands, this complex of chromosome races is represented by diploid and tetraploid plants. Morphologically they are poorly differentiated, and possible characters are difficult to evaluate in the field. Tetraploids with whitish bulb scales are said to correspond to Prospero autumnale s. str., such with reddish bulb scales were described as P. elisae. Diploid populations generally have smaller bulbs when adult (0,7–1,8 against [1,0]1,2–2,5[3,0] cm in diameter), with more slender scapes when flowering. Populations with white bulbs of both ploidy levels are rather widespread on the islands (the diploids provisionally designated as »P. ionicum« by Speta); tetraploids with reddish bulbs are known to us from Corfu, Lefkada, and Zakynthos, while corresponding diploids (designated as »P. damboldtianum« by Speta) are presently only known from the latter island. Association with one of these types is precarious without knowledge of the ploidy level. [2016-01-17]
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: | Scilla autumnalis |
FE: | Scilla autumnalis |
FE2: | volume not published |
AFE: | volume not published |
FH: | volume not published |
VPG: | Prospero autumnale, Prospero elisae |