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| Limonium steppicum Sefi, Ghrabi-Gammar & Brullo in Sefi, Ghrabi-Gammar, Jilani, Daoud-Bouattour & Brullo, 2020. |
Abstract
Limonium steppicum, a new species is described and illustrated from the Island of Djerba in Tunisia, where it is localized at the edges of salt marshes in very dry environmental conditions. Morphologically, it is closely related to L. rubescens, widespread in southern Tunisia, from which it is differentiated in many morphological features and also for its ecological requirements.
Keywords: Djerba, Endemic, Mediterranean flora, sea lavender, Eudicots
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| FIGURE 1. Diagnostic features of Limonium steppicum Sefi, Ghrabi-Gammar & Brullo. A. Habit. B. Inflorescence. C. Spikelet. D. Inner bract, lateral view. E. Inner |
Limonium steppicum Sefi, Ghrabi-Gammar & Brullo sp. nov.
A Limonio rubescentis foliis 3–5 nervis, evidenter mucronatis, scapo max. 60 cm alto, ramulis inflorescentiae paucis, spicis brevioribus, densis, spiculis 4,5–5 mm longis, 5–8 floris, ad 9–10 in 1 cm dispositis, bractea inferiori 1,8–2 mm longa, ovata, bractea media rotundata, bractea interiori 3–3,5 mm longa, ovata, acumine 0,8–1 mm longo, calyce 3,1–3,4 mm longo, tubo sparsim puberulo, lobis ovatis, 0,5–0,6 mm longis, costis superantibus basi loborum differt.
Ons Sefi, Zeineb Ghrabi-Gammar, Imtinen Ben Haj Jilani, Amina Daoud-Bouattour and Salvatore Brullo. 2020. A New Species of Limonium from Tunisia. Phytotaxa. 446(5); 281–290. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.5.1
