Limonium pharosianum Bogdanovic & Brullo 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Bogdanović, Sandro
name: Brullo, Salvatore
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Plumbaginaceae
Limonium
Limonium pharosianum

description: 18. Limonium pharosianum Bogdanović & Brullo, sp. nov.   
 Type: — CROATIA. Central Dalmatia: Isola di Hvar, Jelsa, Dalmazia centrale, 10 August 2005, Bogdanović & Dujmović s.n. (holotype CAT!; isotypes CAT!, ZAGR!) (Figs. 19, 48).   
 Diagnosis: — Planta pubescens, dense foliosa secus partem superiorem caudicularum, foliis rugosis, spathulatis, rotundatis ad leviter retusis, revolutis margine, 1–3-nervis, scapis numerosis, prostratis ad adscendentibus, rugosis, ramis sterilibus numerosis, inflorescentia reticulata, ramosa, spicis rectis ad curvatis, bractea inferiore ovata, obtusa, bractea superiore oblongo-ovata, rotundata, calice tubo piloso, lobis ovato-triangularibus, acutis.   
 Description: —Plant perennial, 15–30 cm tall, pubescent (hairs 0.05–0.1 mm long), with robust tap-root. Caudices branched, 2–5 cm long, densely covered by leaves in the upper part. Leaves rigid, rugose, hairy, green, 1.5–4(–5.5) cm long, 3–9 mm wide, spathulate, revolute at the margin, 1–3-nerved, tapering into a long petiole, rounded to slightly retuse at the apex. Stems numerous, prostrate to ascending, rugose, hairy, with numerous sterile branches, flexuous, fragile at nodes, very branched, diverging at the angle of 50–180°, internodes 4–15 mm long, right to curved. Inflorescence reticulate, branched; spikes 1–2.5 cm long, straight to curved. Spikelets 5–5.5 mm long, 2–3-flowered, 4–5 per cm; outer bract 1.8–2.2 mm long, 1.4–2 mm wide, ovate, obtuse, with the margin narrowly membranous, glabrous, and central part fleshy, hairy, acuminate; middle bract 1.8–2 mm long, 1.2–1.3 mm wide, hemielliptical, rounded, membranous, hairy on the nerves; inner bract 3.5–4 mm long, 2.3–2.5 mm wide, oblong-ovate, rounded, with margin membranous, glabrous, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, with central part fleshy, hairy, 1.5–1.6 mm wide, acuminate, forming a triangular tip, 0.7–0.8 mm long, no reaching the upper margin. Calyx 4–4.6 mm long, exserted 1.8–2 mm from the inner bract, hairy in the tube, with ribs hairy, reaching the middle part of the lobe; calyx lobes, triangular-ovate, acute, 0.9–1 × 0.7–0.8 mm. Corolla lilac.   
 Etymology: —From “Pharos” old name of Hvar island.   
 Distribution and ecology: —This species is localized in the northern part of Hvar, island of Central Dalmatia (Fig 29D). Here, it is a member of halophilous communities, covering wide calcareous surfaces in contact towards inland with subhalophilous shrubby vegetation.   
 Additional specimens examined (Paratypes): — CROATIA. Central Dalmatia: Pharia, in rupestribus maritimis, estate, Botteri s.n. (WU!); Dalmatia, Lesina. Botteri s.n. (M!); Milna, uz more, 13 August 1974, V. Beloti s.n. (CNHM!); Lesina, 1873, Ressmann s.n. (K!); Lesina, Botteri s.n. (K!).
description: Published as part of Bogdanović, Sandro & Brullo, Salvatore, 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Limonium cancellatum group (Plumbaginaceae) in Croatia, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 215 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.215.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13634687