Silene cephallenia
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Durović & al. 2017 as S. cephallenia)
Paxos
Antipaxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Hofmann 1968 as S. cephallenia)
Meganisi
Kalamos
Kastos
Atokos
Ithaka
Echinades
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCephalonia (Heldreich 1882 as S. cephallenia)
Zakynthos
Strofades
Annotation: The description of Silene cephallenia relates to plants growing »in rupibus excelsis faucium Steno supra Poros« (Heldreich 1882: 26); in its strict sense (»subsp. cephallenia«) it is regarded as a local endemic of SE Cephalonia. Its chromosome number was determined as 2n = 24 (Damboldt & Phitos 1970b: 343, 346) using plant material from the type locality. Damboldt & Phitos (loc. cit. 342) suspect the Lefkada record of Hofmann 1968: 236 to belong to S. italica. However, on Lefkada as well as on Corfu only slightly divergent populations exist that need further taxonomic evaluation, also with regard to populations of NW Greek mainland (classified as subsp. epirotica: Melzheimer 1977: 50–53). [2017-07-27]
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: | Silene cephallenia |
FE: | Silene cephallenia |
FE2: | Silene cephallenia subsp. cephallenia |
AFE: | Silene cephallenia subsp. cephallenia |
FH: | Silene cephallenia subsp. cephallenia |
VPG: | Silene cephallenia subsp. cephallenia |