Sandro Bogdanović, Cristian Brullo, Salvatore Brullo, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Carmelo María Musarella, Cristina Salmeri
Abstract
Bogdanović, S., C. Brullo, S. Brullo, G. Giusso del Galdo, C. M. Musarella & C. Salmeri (2011). Allium cithaeronis Bogdanović, C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Musarella & Salmeri (Alliaceae), a new species from Greece. Candollea 66: 377–382. In English, English and French abstracts.A new species of Allium sect. Scorodon Koch, Allium cithaeronis Bogdanović, C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Musarella & Salmeri, is described and illustrated from Greece. Its chromosome number (2n = 16), karyogram, leaf anatomy, ecology, and taxonomical relationships are examined. For some morphological features, such as exserted stamens from perigon and tuberculate lobes in the upper part of the ovary, it represents a very isolated species within the section Scorodon.