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Ferula (Ferula) (sect. Ferula) subg. Ferula sect. Ferula

  • 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

Notes

Published as part of Cambria, Salvatore, Brullo, Cristian, Tavilla, Gianmarco, Sciandrello, Saverio, Minissale, Pietro, Galdo, Gianpietro Giusso Del & Brullo, Salvatore, 2021, Ferula sommieriana (Apiaceae), a new species from Pelagie Islands (Sicily), pp. 89-108 in Phytotaxa 525 (2) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5701858

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Ferula
Taxon rank
section