Limonium zankii Bogdanović & Brullo, 2015

Bogdanović, Sandro & Brullo, Salvatore, 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Limonium cancellatum group (Plumbaginaceae) in Croatia, Phytotaxa 215 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.215.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/674F87E2-FFF2-FFD3-91BC-FA51FD63FC77
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Limonium zankii Bogdanović & Brullo
status	sp. nov.

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26. Limonium zankii Bogdanović & Brullo View in CoL , sp. nov.

Type: — CROATIA. Central Dalmatia: Dalmazia, isola di Svetac ( St. Andrea ), 26 July 2007, Bogdanović s.n. (holotype CAT!; isotypes CAT!, ZAGR!) ( Figs. 27 View FIGURE 27 , 56 View FIGURE 56 ) .

Diagnosis: — Planta dense pubescens , dense foliosa secus partem superiorem caudicularum, foliis rugosis, spathulatis, retusis, revolutis margine, 1-nervis, scapis numerosis, prostratis ad adscendentibus, rugosis, ramis sterilibus numerosis, inflorescentia reticulata, ramosa, spicis rectis ad curvis, bractea inferiore ovata, obtusa, bractea superiore oblonga, acuta, calice tubo piloso, lobis ovato-triangularibus, acutis.

Description: —Plant perennial, 10–30 cm tall, densely pubescent (hairs 0.05–0.15 mm long), with robust tap-root. Caudices branched, 3–8 cm long, densely covered by leaves in the upper part. Leaves rigid, rugose, pubescent, green, 11–35(–40) mm long, 3–10 mm wide, spathulate, revolute at the margin, 1-nerved, gradually tapering into a long petiole, retuse at the apex. Stems numerous, prostrate to ascending, rugose, with numerous sterile branches, flexuous, fragile at nodes, very branched, diverging at the angle of 60–180°, internodes 4–15 mm long, right to curved. Inflorescence reticulate, branched; spikes 7–25 mm long, straight to curved. Spikelets 5.5–6 mm long, 3–5-flowered, 4–6 per cm; outer bract 1.2–1.5 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide, ovate, obtuse, with margin narrowly membranous, glabrous, and central part fleshy, acuminate, densely hairy; middle bract 1.4–1.5 mm long,

BOGDANOVIĆ & BRULLO

0.9–1.1 mm wide, ovate, bifid at the apex, membranous, hairy; inner bract 3.3–4.0 mm long, 1.6–2.4 mm wide, oblong, acute, with margin membranous, glabrous, 0.1–0.2 mm wide, and central part fleshy, densely hairy, 1.3–2 mm wide, acuminate, forming a triangular tip, 0.6–0.8 mm long, almost reaching the upper margin. Calyx 4.5–5 mm long, exserted 2–2.5 mm from the inner bract, tube hairy, with ribs densely hairy, reaching the middle part of the lobes; calyx lobes, triangular-ovate, glabrous, 0.6–0.7 × 0.7–0.8 mm, acute. Corolla lilac.

Etymology: —This species is dedicated to Zanki family, which are the owner of the Svetac island.

Distribution and ecology: —This species is exclusive of the Svetac island in the Vis archipelago (central Dalmatia) ( Fig. 29I View FIGURE 29 ). It is frequent in the calcareous slopes and the cliffs, mainly near the sea, where it grows in halophilous communities.

Additional specimens examined: — CROATIA. Central Dalmatia: Dalmatien, Strand v. S. Andraea b. Lissa, 23 August 1907, Galvagni s.n. (W!); Insel San Andrea westl. von Lissa, Felsterrain am Meer westl. v. Punta Bucatova , 6/ 9 June 1911, Ginzberger & Teyber s.n. ( WU!) ; Insel San Andrea westl. v. Lissa, Nordseite, zwischen Punta Bucatova und Punta Trepino, 25 July 1914, Ginzberger s.n. ( WU!) ; Scoglio San Andrea, 27 May 1879, Spreitzenhofer s.n. ( WU!) ; Insel San Andrea westl. v. Lissa: Bei der Kapelle oberhalb Porto Slatina, 25 July 1914, Ginzberger s.n. ( WU!) ; o. Svetac, August 1977, TrinajstiĆ 12.480 ( ZA!) ; o. Svetac, 1 May 1977, TrinajstiĆ 12.477 ( ZA!) ; o. Svetac, 1 May 1977, TrinajstiĆ 12.478 ( ZA!) ; Insula Svetac, in valle Slatina, in declivibus rupestribus, solo calcareo, exp. W, cca 10–20 m s.m., 17 September 1981, Korica s.n. ( ZA!) ; Insula Svetac, in loco Pod borići, in declivibus saxosis, solo calcareo, exp. S, cca 15–20 m s.m., 16 September 1981, Korica s.n. ( ZA!) ; Insula Svetac, in valle Kozje stijene, in locis praeruptis lapidosis, solo calcareo, exp. S, cca 10–20 m s.m., 19 September 1981, Korica s.n. ( ZA!) ; Insula Svetac, in valle Donje voje, in locis praeruptis lapidosis et umbrosis, exp. W, cca 20–25 m s.m., 17 September 1981, Korica s.n. ( ZA!) .