Willdenowia 35

Willdenowia – Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
ISSN 0511-9618
© 2005 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.

Peruzzi, L., Passalacqua, N. G. & Gargano, D. 2005: Re-evaluation of Polygala apiculata (Polygalaceae), a rare endemic of S Italy.
Willdenowia 35: 65-68.
doi:10.3372/wi.35.35104

Abstract
Polygala apiculata is studied on living plants from the locus classicus. 2n = 24 chromosomes were counted, indicating a possibly triploid genomic constitution. The species is unique in the genus for the crown-like arranged caruncle lobes of its seeds. Its occurrence is confirmed for Calabria only and the IUCN conservation status "Critically Endangered" is proposed. A lectotype of the name P. apiculata is designated.

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