Valeriana pontecorvi (Bacch. & Brullo) Bacch., Bartolucci & Galasso, 2025

Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Angiolini, Claudia, Argenti, Carlo, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Barberis, Davide, Bertotto, Giuseppe, Bonari, Gianmaria, Calvia, Giacomo, Candini, Francesco, Coltri, Furio, Conti, Fabio, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, Di Pietro, Romeo, Festi, Francesco, Fois, Mauro, Forte, Luigi, Galasso, Gabriele, Gallo Splendore, Marcellino, Koopman, Jacob, Lonati, Michele, Mascia, Francesco, Minutillo, Francesco, Nascimbene, Juri, Nota, Ginevra, Pappagallo, Giuseppe, Pellegrino, Giuseppe, Podda, Lina, Roffarè, Giovanni, Ruggero, Alessandro, Selvi, Federico, Silletti, Giuseppe, Soldano, Adriano, Terranova, Carlo, Tondi, Giancarlo, Vallariello, Roberta, Zanatta, Katia & Lastrucci, Lorenzo, 2025, Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 20, Italian Botanist 20, pp. 89-107 : 89-107

Valeriana pontecorvi (Bacch. & Brullo) Bacch., Bartolucci & Galasso comb. nov.

≡ Centranthus pontecorvi Bacch. & Brullo , Phytotaxa 661 (3): 255. 2024 [ 1 August 2024].

Note.

According to recent molecular phylogenetic studies the genus Centranthus DC. form a well-supported monophyletic clade nested within the larger genus Valeriana L. ( De Castro et al. 2025; De Luca and De Castro 2025). The Centranthus taxa to be transferred to Valeriana occurring in Italy ( Bartolucci et al. 2024; Galasso et al. 2024) are: Valeriana angustifolia Mill. [≡ Centranthus angustifolius (Mill.) DC. ], V. amazonum (Fridl. & A. Raynal) Christenh. & Byng [≡ Centranthus amazonum Fridl. & A. Raynal ], V. calcitrapae L. [≡ Centranthus calcitrapae (L.) Dufr. ], V. macrosiphon (Boiss.) E. Vilm. [≡ Centranthus macrosiphon Boiss. ], and Valeriana rubra L. [≡ Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. ].

G. Bacchetta, F. Bartolucci, G. Galasso