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TAXONOMIC REMARKS ON THE ENDEMIC FLORA OF SILA MASSIF (S ITALY)

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Within floristic investigations on Sila Massif, taxonomical considerations and new contributions on the endemic taxa occurring in this territory are given. Taxonomical considerations on the endemic taxa occurring in Sila are given. The flora of Sila results rich in endemisms exclusive of its territory, such as Astragalus calabricus, Armeria brutia, Avenula praetutiana subsp. rigida, Anthemis triumphetti var. briquettii, Anthemis hydruntina subsp. silensis, Centaurea sarfattiana, Genista silana, Koeleria splendens subsp. brutia, Luzula calabra, Cardamine silana, Knautia dinarica subsp. silana, ecc. In order to contribute to the study of endemic element of Sila territory two new species and a new combination and status are described.
S.
Brullo,
C. Gangale
& D.
Uzunov
Taxonomic
remarks on the
endemic
flora ofthe Sila Massif
(S
Italy)
Bnllo. S., cdgale, C. & trnno\ D.: Tdonoùic reDdkr on dre endeni. nora ofthe Sila
Moùntaiù (S
ltaly) Bocconea2t:2Ú-222
200?. ISSN 1120 4060.
withjn llonsric investisltions on the Sila Mastî (S
Ìraly), tsxononical ùn.jdèútjons drd new
conhibùlions
on tùe endenics of this tenilory given. The flora oî sila has t3 exclusivc
cndemics and ìncludes
turther 55 erdenics wirh a wider disribùtion iangè, B of vhjch arc
Esnicted to thè silicsùs Calabrian nassifs. tn ordú lo conrribuie to thc k owl€dee
of tùe
endenics of úc sihn noiq tyo ncw lpeci€s (,.I/.,,.d?n ie,oreanf úd AUiun iutianuùJ
re h€È dcscribed and a new conbinarìon
b pruporco.
Introduction
Withjn taxonomical investigations
or the flora oî Sourhem Italv. a contdbution on rhe
enderìljc flom of Sila is presented.
The
Sila Massil located in Northem
Calabda
and rcaching 1927
n asl
(Morre
Botte
Donato),
represents a teÌitory ofrema*able phfogeographic interesr becaùse
ofjts geo!
ogy, geogaphical position and bioclimatic fearúes. This area, rogether
with other S
Calabdan nountains and NE Sicily, belongs ro the Calabrian Arc. à! Ercinic ùnit dorni-
Ìlated
by siliceous substraia, mosdy
gaútes, mica-schists
and kinzigftjc gneiss.
According
to Rivas Maúinez & Loidi turegui (1999.),
the bìoclimate
of the upper parrs
of Sila are ro
be included
within the supla-tempemte
submeditenanean
themotype and
marginally also
to the supramediteffanearl
one, with subhurnid
or humid
ombrorwes.
The Íìountain
vegetation of Sila,
between I000-1927
m asl,
jncludes
by beechwoods.
often nixed to Calahian pine (Pr"&r xÌsza subsp. .alaAltca) forests, thomy cushiontitre
shrub communities, meadows
and wetlands.
In th€ submontane
belt, nnging befiveel 700-
1000(1200) m, deciduous oah,voods dominate
the ìandscape.
The flola of Sila has been studied
by many authon (Solla
1896;
Longo 1903, 1905;
Trotter 191l;
Crande 1913; Fiori 1919,
1922; AIbo
1935; Sarfani I959,
1965; cenrite
&
Martini 1974; Cesca 1981, 1982; Ballelli
& Venanzoni 1993;
Cesca & peruzzì
2002i
Bmllo
& al. 2002, 2004; Maùold
& al. 2003,
etc.). On the
basis ofthese studies, the
Silan
flora consists of about 1000 taria at specific and subspecific level, 7% of which are
endemics. Tn
the
present papq taxonomic
considerations
on th€ endcmic
flora ofthe Silan
Massif arc
given,
with parlìcular
attention
to some
cdrical taxa_
2r4 BmUo & al.: Ta-xonomic
rema*s on the endemic flora of the Sila ...
Resulh ard discussion
For tbe mountain belt (over 1000 ln asl) ofthe Silan teritory 68 endemic
species or
subspecies are rccorded. The nost paf (47) are, either, ApeDninic/S Apennìnic endemics
or resirìcted to the mountains ofcalabda and Nofhem Sicily.
Twenty one taxa are endem-
ic to the Calabrian siliceous
massifs and thiteen ofthese are exclusively found
on the Sila
(Fig. 1). Most of ihem are charactedstic elements of dry and open
places
occuring on the
Silan
plateau
between 1200
1
700
m asl,
and
they
are I Asbagalus calabricus, Armería
btu-
tia, Arenula pruetutia ú SÌJbsp. tigida, A thenís hydru îíM sùbsp. síle sis, Cenraurca
safaíidna, Genista
silana, Koelería splendens subsp.
,ruttd, Krautia dinaríca $bsp.
rt/drd. Other species
are frequenr at ùe fringe of pine and beech
forests
(,ldezodalp"r
tenorearus,A iunjulia un, Anthemis triunpheîîi srubsp. btíqueîiù or l]|'wetlands
(Lazula
calabtu, Cdtddnine síla a\.
Some ofthese
iaxa have been rccently desúibed (Brulo & al. 2002q 2004; Maúold &
al. 2003). and two of them new to science are
mesenled
here.
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taxdofthe
Silùflora:Sila exclusive ofthe Sila
Massii
Cal
- Caldb.ia.
- SìciU CSIt
- C and S Itrlr Sa
- Sardinia.
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216 Brullo
& al.:
Taxonomic
remarks
on the endemic flora ofthe Sila ...
FiE.2. Adeúa.arput
teturcarlr Bnllo, Gùgale & UaDo! (l),,1. ònftb tstullo. De Marco
&
Siracxsa(2):A- noùer. B-bud. C - open caÌ)a, D bmcreolcs,
E bncts, F stùda|d, C wirys.
H keel I staninaltube. J
- pisLll.
K - leavcs.
t'1,
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flowered; pedicels
unequal,
flexuous, 8-10(40) mm long. Perigon subcylhdrical, with
tepals subequal,
white-greenish with
green mibrid,
oblong
to oblong-obovate.
munded at
apex,4.5-5.5 mm
long,2-3 nrm wide. Stamens simple,
inclùdcd, wilh filaments white,
sub-
ulatc, the outermost
1.5 2 nÌr long, th€ innemost 2.5-3
mn long, connate at base
into an
annulus
0.6-0.8 nìm high;
anthen elliptical,
pale yello\ rounded
at apex 1-1.2
: 0.7 0.9
lnm. Ovary subcylinddcal,
grecnish, scabrid
papillose
3bove,2.5-3 x 1.5 1.8 mm. Style
white,
0.,1-0.8 Ìnm
long. ùpsule obovoid,
geen
4.5 x 4 mm.
lconognphy:
Fig. 3.
Etymoiogy: The species
is dedicated to Prof. Giuliaro Cesca.
fbr his significant contli-
bution to the investigation of úe Calabrian l1ora
Ecology
and distribution: It gows in thc undeÌwood of OrercK crrrs forests at about
800 m altitude
on siliceors substrata
(schists).
It occurs on lhe NE slope of Sila Massif
(Sila
Gr€ca), where
it is very rare and localized.
A very localized and rarc
cndemic species, belonging to the A. secr.
Codoîaprasun, )s
well differentiaied
fionr the other known species of the
A. pani.ulatun grcnp and
ir paî-
ticular it shows
close relations
mainly with L te uíllorun ÎeI', occúi.1tg
h the ltalian
Peninsula
(Brulìo & al, 2002a).
Othet rpecies
endeni. to Sila teftitot!:
Anthenís htdruntína H. Groves subsp. srle"rrr (Fiori) Brullo, Gangale
& Uzunov
A. h)drunnna bsp. hfdnlnrna
is rcstricted to few localities ofPuglia
and Basilicata
(S Ir.ìly), where it occurs
on calcareous rocky
places,
while subsp.
st1",sts is an orophilous
raror, linked 1() siliceous substrata
and Ìocalized in a small area ofthe
eastem slope olthe
Silan Massif(Brullo
& al. 2004).
Coto tríu fetti (L.) t. Cay subsp.
ódqÍertt (Fiorì) Brullo, Gansale
& Uzxnov, comb. &
Type: Calabria Sila a S. Giol.anni in Fiore, \8/611899
, Fiori sub
A. tinttrtia laî clisco
'/?a (Lectoinc: FI!).
Basion.: A. tinctoia
L. var òrtqrerti Fiori, Nuov.
Fl. Anal. Itat. 2: 649
(1927).
S1n.:
A. nnaoria \ar dísuidea Fiori, N. Giom. Bot. lial. 7:
270
(
1900), non DC.
( I
83 7);
A. îriumfeui
\ar. clhc.ùLea
Fiori, ìn Fìori e Paoletti, Fl. Anal.
Ital.
3:
260
(1903) p. p.
Tnistaxon
differs ftom
the type, widely spread in S Eulope, by tne capituladiscoid
and
achenes wiih a well developed coronule.
Anneiú brutíî Btúlo. Gansale & Uzunov
Specics
belongiry to thc TyÍhenian element, lite lm,€r" neó'rdealir (Guss.)
Boiss.
ùom Sicily,
,.1. avlorioflrdrd Brullo.
Scelsi & SparÌpinato
Èom Aspfomontc,l.
ra'do,
SFengel 1ìom Sardinia,l. 'xrltrceps Wallr. from Corsica and,4.87d.i1ll
Ten. from Ceùf.tl
aùd
Soùthem Apennines.
up Ìo Mt. Pollìno
(Brullo
& al.2004).
AÍragalus calabrícus
F isch.
It belongs
to the cycle of Astrugalus thracictts
Gt1seb.,
reFesented by tÀ{.ì djstributed
in the E-Mediterranean
are3.
218 Brullo & dl.: la\onomrc remarks
on the endemic Ilora ofrhe Sila...
lit
F19.3.A tun iulidrútuBtullo,
Gangale
& Uzùnov: A- habit, B flowcr C - opcn
lerigoD
aDd sta-
mens, D - anthe.. E
- ovary
F - capsule.
220 Brullo
& al.r
Tà\onomic remarks
on the endemic floÈ of the
Sila
.-
Oth€r endemic speci€s occuning on Sila bui ranging. as well, on other Calabrian
siliceous massifs are,4r*emt calabrica
(4rar.) Brullo, Scelsi & Spampinato closcly
rèlàfed Io A. cretica L., Hypericun calabrícuù Spreng.
geographic
vicarìant ofl1. ódlód-
îu,i Iàc.t,
Lereschia thonarti
(Ten.)
Boiss. belonging
io a taxonomically
isolaled mono-
t'plc eent)s,
Solddnella calaólera Krcss
close to ihe SE European S. lirlngdrrcd Simonkai,
Liùodotun brutloi Bzrtolo & Pulvirenti showing n,lorc ancesrral îeatures Ídthin the
genus,
Canlanine battaglíae Cesca & Peruzi related to SW Eltîopean C. heptaphyla (Yrll.) O.
E. Schulz, Sa/r,r r]rrd Brullo & Spampinato, a Calabrian vicariant ofs. trtdadrd L., and
Buglossoides
calabla (Tcn.) Johnston morphologically
well differentiated
fioln B. ?ùr
Durocaerulea L.\ lohnsron .
Besides. well reFesented is the set of Siculo-Calabrian
eùdcmics
tl1at €mphrìsizes the
clos€st
floristic affinities of Sila with Siciliaù flora
rather than
the r€st
of ApeÌmines.
Among these, therc are Caràxd zea,rodrrrrì Guss., Sìlene sicula Ucna, Ranunc ú,
úlptunontdnus Huter, Par4a & Pjgo, Cirsiun w is-demaniiLojac., nola meusanensis
(W.
Bccker) Brullo, PD"s ztgld Amold subsp- .alaAltca (Land., E. M\\ray, Bdrbdred sìculo
C. Presl, Epìpacris s.huberrlorum BaÍolo, Pulvirenti & Robatsch, etc.
Thc
present
study is a 1ìIst contribxtion for fhc chaEcterisation ofthe cndcmic element
of the Silan flora. Flrlther research
on the qualitative and quantitative
features of the
endemics will contrìbute to the interpreradon ofthe Silan and S Calabdan flola genesis
and
ph},togcography.
List ofthe endemic sDecies to the Sila MÀssif
Acer bbelìi'len;ALer edpolitanunTeÍ.; Achillea
tenorii Chàîde;
Acinos
grunate
sìs
(Boiss. & Reuter) Pignatti subsp. delrsnsN (Strobl) Pìgnattia
Ade"ocarpe, terorcunu!
Brullo, Gangale & Uz\tlo\; Afusa tenolei Prcsl;
A iun julianum
Brullo, Cangale &
Uz,r\ov; Anthemís hydrun rlra Groves subsp. st/ezrir (Fiod) Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov;
A îhemi, nontaM L. súbsp. calabrica Aîcàng.; Arabis rosea DC., Arneria brutid Brù11o,
Gangale & Uzunov;lrerx kìa wù)bilk Ten; Astrugalus
caldhrítus Fiotl; Are uld
prae-
rrlrdrd (Parl.) Pign. subsp.
/igiira (Sarfatti)
Brullo, Ga1\gale & Urr.\loy; Balbalea siculd
Pîesl; Bustossoìdes calabf" (Ten.)
Johnston;
-Bùrlrm
petrdeumTen; Campa xla rricoca-
lycina Tct\.; Cdnlanìne bdttdsliae Cescz & Peî!zz|; Carclanine
silana Ma*ioìd & Pemy;
Cdnluus .hlysdcarrhus Ten.: Cdrlina rchtudensis G]uss.; Centawea centdurium L.;
Cenhurca sarfattiana BÍjlo, Gangale & Uzunov; Celdrtium
gra ulatun (ùtter,P. &R.)
Chiov.; Cerdstium s.ard ííTeI'.; Cirsìuù wltis'.len nit Lojao.i Cora |riumfetti (L.) J. Gay
st)bsp. briqueîtii (Fiori) Brullo, Gangale & Uzunov; Dir thus rulrurius Grss. & Ten.
subsp.
wlr,/tur; ,i8?/a/N nicrantha P.oú1: ELhinops
si.ulut Stîobl: Epipdctis ùeidioÈ
dl,i H. Baumann & R. Loîenz; Epipactis schubertionn Bafolo, Pulvirenti & Robatsch;
Euphorbia dmygdalotules L. subsp. dr'órrcrld Meusel: Euphorhia con ioú|a L.; Gagea
chrysdntha
(lan) Schultes; Gali,n aetni.um Biy.; Genistd tilaM Brullo, Gangale &
Spàrnp:nato:
He ehoru! bo.corci Tèn. sxbsp.
irîemedius (Guss.)
Creuter & Bùrdet;
Hieruciun virydurca Coss.;
Hypericum
caldbticun Spîengel Ktlautia caUcina (Ptesl)
Gr\ss.;
Knautia .línaritd (Murb.) BorMs subsp. stldna (Grande) Eltrend..; Koelería splen
/ers C. Presl snbsp. òruria Brullo, Gangale & Uzxnot Larbrrus
iot lanii (Ten.\
Ces., Pass.
221
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& Grb.; Leonto.ton inteme.liue HrtteÎ, P &' R.; Lercschia r'onaili (Ten ) Boiss ì
i^.i" ^ t'*tt"i s*.lo & PulvÍerti; Linaria puryurca (L) M|llel. Luzuk calabra
lr:,.; t*uta 'iebe,i tarsch subsp rrcrld (Parl ) Pisnatii. Paeonia 'ndscut't (L) ]l.{iltet
subs;. '1ljrtt (Biv.) Cullen &' Hew.; Petrorhasia sarty'asa (L ) Linl subsp aasPar'rdtt
1Cuss.) rignatti; Phteum ambiguum Îcn Pìnpinelt'l anisoides Br]gallti; Pinus nigra
l-.ri ""ù"p. "rlrr"-, ir-and.)
E Munav;Rarmztus aspro'nonta
u\ Hrter' P &R;
Ranuncutus'thomasii'Îet; Sdl i/,lld Bmllo & Spampinato; Se'e'io ram';trc"t Huet;
Sitene echindta Orú; Silene siculaucr'a Soldane a calabreUaKrcss; Teucrium sicuLu
R^fri\.; Thalictruù catabrkun Spîeflgel TfifoLíum
brutium Ten; nci't.co sertùa
S$ensel nola aerhnensis
Parl sllbsp. neria,edtr (Vr'' Becker) Merxn & Lippert
A1bo,
G 1935:
Notizie ed oseNàzioni st la floF delve6Ùte setientrionale-oriertalè
della Sila
Nnovo
Giom Bot ltal 42:
623-6ó4.
Ball€1li.
S. & Venanzod,
R. 1993:
Conbrbuto
alta conÒsceMa
delÌa flora e dellà vegctÚionc di ùn
--__' t"o.* Oa Monte Gdiglione (Parco
Nazionàle della Calabrià "Sila Piccola") Atti 5
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hogetto Slrategico
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e Terilorio ncl Mezzogiomo
(l) Amalfi' 28
30
Aprile
1993.
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G 2001: Taxonomical
notes
Òn the
geúls
'4d€'d'alP&!
DC'
(Les\ninosae) in lr^ly Bocconea
13: 425-436
-. Gùgalq C. & Span nato,
G 2002:
Nole tassonomiche
$ Ge'dra argli'a L speclc
coúllex'
lnfom. Boi ltal 33(2):491-499
-, &Uzunov.
o.2004:
The orolhiloùs
cùshion_likevegetalion
oftle Sila Masìf(S It'lv) Bot
Jalib.
Syst.
125(4):
453rt88
-
úugl:elmo.
A., Pa'Òne,
P
& ralmen.
i 20n'd
Os'e^a/ioÙ
ra\oúoniche
e
(arioloeicl'e
"ullc
s;ecie
del
cic lo J
i ,a /r"a ra
ntuldtun L in ltara ldom Bor'lral
llt2r:50050h
.S".il,t.a Sp^1inr,o
C 200l Ld
\cgera/ione delr'A:prornonre
RefCro(!'abt' -
C*n, C'lS&, io"hil*i ulla
conosceúa
delle
ltìdtc di Crlabna:
1 9 GioD Bot Iú1'
115(6):
387-390.
1982: Cdiribùti
alla conosena
delle
liúte di Calabria:
I0-13
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... Tzanoudakis & Tan, 2000;Trigas et al., 2010;Kalpoutzakis et al., 2012;Tzanoudakis & Trigas, 2015;Galanos & Tzanoudakis, 2017Cattaneo, 2020;Brullo & Salmeri, 2021) and Italy (e.g. Brullo et al., 1997aBrullo et al., , b, 2003Brullo et al., , 2007Brullo et al., , 2014, in addition to the taxonomic re-evaluation of several previously described species (e.g. Brullo et al., 1991Brullo et al., , 1994Brullo et al., , 1996Brullo et al., , 1998Brullo et al., , 2008Salmeri et al., 2016;Vojtěchová et al., 2023). ...
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... The Nardus stricta grasslands of the siliceous massifs of central and southern Calabria (southernmost part of Italy) are clearly separated from the rest of the acidophilous grasslands of the Apennines (see Fig. 3 and 4). This separation is due to the strong endemic component characterizing the Calabrian Arc mountains (Bernardo et al. 1990;Brullo et al. 2004Brullo et al. , 2007 Brullo & Grillo (1978) classified the montane meso-acidophilous grasslands of the Nebrodi Mts. (N-Sicily) in the Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, proposing the new order Cirsietalia vallis-demonis. ...
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