Ferula (Ferula) (sect. Ferula) subg. Ferula sect. Ferula
Authors/Creators
- 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & cambria _ salvatore @ yahoo. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3828 - 1552
- 2. Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 5, 90128 Palermo, Italy & cbrullo @ tiscali. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5764 - 0808
- 3. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & gianmarco. tavilla @ phd. unict. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4634 - 6440
- 4. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & s. sciandrello @ unict. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1132 - 5698
- 5. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & p. minissale @ unict. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4047 - 4169
- 6. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & g. giusso @ unict. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4719 - 3711
- 7. Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, I - 95125 Catania, Italy & salvo. brullo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2568 - 7278
Description
Key to the species of Ferula subg. Ferula sect. Ferula
1. Terminal leaf segments 0.5-5(6) mm long..........................................................................................................................................2
- Terminal leaf segments usually more than 5 mm long.......................................................................................................................7
2. Terminal leaf segments 0.4-1 mm wide..............................................................................................................................................3
- Terminal leaf segments 1-2 mm wide.................................................................................................................................................6
3 Terminal leaf segments scabrous-hispidulous ............................................................................................................. F. sommieriana
- Terminal leaf segments glabrous ........................................................................................................................................................4
4. Leaves four times pinnate, rounded to obovate mericarps............................................................................................. F. marmarica
- Leaves five-six times pinnate, elliptical mericarps ............................................................................................................................5
5. Hermaphrodite umbel with 16-28 rays, 20-35 mm long, staminate umbels with 14-18 rays, 8-14 mm long, mericarps 10-13 x 6.5- 8.5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. F. linkii
- Hermaphrodite umbel with 7-14(20) rays, more than 35 mm long, staminate umbels with 6-10 rays, 16-27 mm long, mericarps 6.5-11 x 5-6.5........................................................................................................................................................................ F. loscosii
6. Lower leaf blade 15-40 cm long, terminal leaf segments 1-2 mm long, staminate umbels with 9-12, mericarp 12-14 mm wide...... ............................................................................................................................................................................................ F. tunetana
- Lower leaf blade 40-60 cm long, terminal leaf segments 2-6 mm long, staminate umbels with 16-18, mericarp 6-8 mm wide........ ........................................................................................................................................................................................... F. tingitana
7. Lower leaf blade 8-20 cm long, hermaphrodite umbel with 7-12 rays ................................................................................ F. sinaica
- Lower leaf blade 20-100 cm long, hermaphrodite umbel with 12-40 rays ........................................................................................8
8. Lower leaf blade up to 100 cm long, four-five times pinnate, with terminal segments 20-40(50) mm long................... F. communis
- Lower leaf blade 20-60 cm long, two-four times pinnate, with terminal segments 2-15 mm long ...................................................9
9. Inflorescence with contracted umbels, mericarps 7-10 mm long and 3-6 mm wide, with wings 0.5-1 mm wide............ F. arrigonii
- Inflorescence with loose and expanded umbels, mericarps 11-15 mm long and 7-11 mm wide, with wings 1-2 mm wide ...........10
10. Leaf blade green adaxially and glaucous abaxially, mericarp elliptical, 7-8 mm wide, with wings 1-1.2 mm wide........................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................... F. glauca
- Leaf blade uniformly green, mericarp rounded to rounded-oblong, 9-11 mm wide, with wings 1.5-2 mm wide ........... F. melitensis
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