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Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 78 No. 2, 2019.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/botcro-2019-0020

Poa jubata (Poaceae), a rare Balkan species, first record for the Italian flora

Salvatore Brullo ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy
Cristian Brullo ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy
Salvatore Cambria ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy
Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy
Pietro Minissale ; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy
Cristina Salmeri ; Department of Science and Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies University of Palermo, Archirafi 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Leonardo Beccarisi ; Torre Guaceto State Nature Reserve, S. Anna 6, 72012 Carovigno (BR), Italy
Giuseppe Veronico ; Italian National Research Council – Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (CNR-IBBR), Bari, Italy
Valeria Tomaselli ; Italian National Research Council – Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (CNR-IBBR), Bari, Italy

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Abstract

Poa jubata A. Kern., an annual South-eastern European species, is reported for the first time from Italy. It is a therophyte linked to temporary ponds with soils flooded during the winter period. It is a very rare and enigmatic species, currently known only from a few localities of the Balkan Peninsula. Recently, it was surveyed in an Apulian wetland, near Brindisi, where it grows with several other annual hygrophytes. For its taxonomical isolation, it is included in a monospecific section, as P. sect. Jubatae. In addition to a detailed description, the chromosome complement (2n = 14) of this species is examined for the first time and a new iconography is provided.

Keywords

Apulia; chorology; Italy; karyology; morphology; Poa

Hrčak ID:

225649

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/225649

Publication date:

1.10.2019.

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