Limonium dictyophorum ( Tausch 1824: 254 ) Degen (1937: 540)

Bogdanović, Sandro & Brullo, Salvatore, 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Limonium cancellatum group (Plumbaginaceae) in Croatia, Phytotaxa 215 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

6. Limonium dictyophorum ( Tausch 1824: 254) Degen (1937: 540)

Bas.: Statice dictyophora Tausch (1824: 254) .

Type: — CROATIA. Eastern Dalmatia : manu Tausch (lectotype PRC!, designated by Erben 1980) ( Figs. 7 , 36 ).

= Statice anfracta C.E. Salmon (1922: 345) .

Type: — CROATIA. Dalmatien , Küste bei Cannosa n.w. von Ragusa, October 1906, Ginzberger & Wettstein s.n. (holotype WU!) .

≡ Limonium anfractum (C.E.Salmon) C.E. Salmon (1924: 336) .

Description: —Plant perennial, 20–50 cm tall, glabrous, with robust tap-root. Caudices branched, 1–4 cm long, and covered by leaves in the upper part. Leaves rigid, rugose, glabrous, green, 1.5–3.5(–5) cm long, 5–10 mm wide, spathulate to linear-spathulate, revolute at the margin, 1-nerved, tapering into a long petiole, retuse at the apex. Stems numerous, erect, robust, striate, glabrous, with numerous sterile branches, flexuous, fragile at nodes, very branched, diverging at the angle of 50–110°, internodes 1–3.5(–4) cm long, right to curved. Inflorescence erect, lax, diffuse, branched; spikes 2–8 cm long, straight to curved. Spikelets 6–7 mm long, 3–7-flowered, 2–4 per cm; outer bract 1.4–1.6 mm long, 1.4–1.5 mm wide, ovate, acute, narrowly membranous, glabrous, with central part fleshy, acuminate; middle bract 1.8–2.2 mm long, 1.4–1.7 mm wide, hemielliptical, rounded at the apex, membranous, glabrous; inner bract 4.2–4.5 mm long, 2.5–2.7 mm wide, ovate-oblong, subacute, with margin membranous, glabrous, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, with central part fleshy, glabrous, 1.6–1.9 mm wide, long apiculate, forming a triangular tip, 0.8–1 mm long, no reaching the upper margin. Calyx 4.8–5.5 mm long, exserted 2.2–2.5 mm from the inner bract, tube hairy, ribs slightly exceeding the base of the lobes; calyx lobes, hemielliptical, 0.6–0.7 × 0.6–0.7 mm, rounded. Corolla lilac. Chromosome number 2n=18.

Etymology: —The epithet is referred to Greek “diction phoros” namely bearing net.

Distribution and ecology: —This species is widespread in the southern Dalmatia between Klek and Prevlaka,

TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE LIMONIUM CANCELLATUM GROUP

Phytotaxa 215 (1) © 2015 Magnolia Press • 15 as well as on some calcareous islands (Korčula, Mljet, Sv. Andrija, Bobara, Mrkan, Šipan, Lokrum and Lopud) ( Fig. 30F ). Other popolations occurs also in Montenegro and probably in Albania. It is very common in the halophilous community, occurring along the costal belt in contact towards the inland with garigues and maquis.

Additional specimens examined: — CROATIA. Southern Dalmatia: Kroatien, Dalmatien, Cavtat , Badestrand an Felsen , July 1963, Fitz s.n. (W!); Dalmatien, Insel Lacroma bei Ragusa, 26 July 1929, Ronniger s.n. (W!); Ragusa, 27 August 1905, Schneider s.n. (W!); Dalmatien; Cavtat, Meeresfelsen, Kalk, July 1963, Fitz s.n. (W!); Dalmatien, felseninsel Pettini di Ragusa. Auf dem Scoglio nahe der Landsturminsel, 28 July 1929, Ronniger s.n. (W!); Felsiger Meeresstrand auf der insel Lacroma (Lokrum) bei Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Dalmatien, 10 June 1923, Zerny s.n. (W!); Dalmatien. Trsteno, Felsen am Landingerplatz , 27 July 1929, Ronniger s.n. (W!); Dalmatien: Insel Lacroma bei Ragusa, Standfelsen beim Klaster, 8 June 1904, Ginzberger s.n. (W!); Dalmatien: Scoglien im Gebiet von Ragusa oder Ragusa vecchia (Nature Angabe: verloren gegangen), July–August 1908, Galvagni s.n. (W!); Ragusa, 21 June 1868, Pichler s.n. (W!); Montenegro Lovcen, 5 June 1867, Huter s.n. (W!); Dalmatien: Scoglien “Pettini” zur Dubrovnik (Ragusa); Gruž (Gravosa); felsiger Nordhang der grössten (mittleren) Scoglio; Kalk, 28 August 1929, Ginzberger s.n. ( WU!) ; In fastis ad littoras maris Ragusa , June 1871, Grimburg. s.n. ( WU!) ; Dalmazia, Ragusa , 14 July 1888, Gelmi s.n. ( WU!) ; Ragusa, Dalmatien , s.d., Boller s.n. ( WU!) ; auf rinner ... Korčula, Dalmatien , 11 August 1928, Cammerloher s.n. ( WU!) ; Dalmatien, Cattaro : Strandfelsen der Bucht von Traste, July 1902, Vierhapper 7 ( WU!) ; Süddalmatien: “Pettini di Ragusa” Scoglien an der SW-Spitze von Lapad bei Ragusa, Nordhang, Kalkstein. 6 April 1926, Ginzberger s.n. ( WU!) ; Dalmatien, Felsen am Lanidringo platz von Cannosa nordwestl. von Ragusa, June 1904, Ginzgerber 1 ( WU!) ; Flora exiccata Crnegorae , in rupestribus maritimis ad Pristan Bar, 1 July 1890, Baldacci s.n. ( FI!) ; Dalmazia, Penisula Lapad , 26 June 1910, Peterfi s.n. ( FI!) ; Dubrovnik, Dalmazia meridionale, sotto albergo Neptun , litorale roccioso, 6 November 2006, Brullo, BogdanoviĆ & Giusso s.n. ( CAT!, ZAGR!); Trsteno, sotto l’arboreto, Dalmazia meridionale, litorale roccioso, 6 November 2006, Brullo, BogdanoviĆ & Giusso s.n. ( CAT!, ZAGR!); Trsteno, Dalmazia, 23 November 2004, BogdanoviĆ s.n. ( CAT!, ZAGR!); Prevlaka, Dalmazia meridionale, litorale roccioso, 6 November 2006, Brullo, BogdanoviĆ & Giusso s.n. ( CAT!, ZAGR!); Isola di Sv. Andrija vicino a Lopud, Sud Dalmazia, 16 June 2005, KovačiĆ s.n. ( CAT!, ZAGR!); Srebreno, pored obale mora, 16 July 1937, DjeliĆ 16619 ( BEO!) ; Srebreno , pored obale mora, 16 July 1937, Đelfi 16620 ( BEO!) ; In rupibus ad mare Lapad pr. Dubrovnik, 13 August 1946, Grebenščiner 16621 ( BEO!) ; Cavtat , 29 August 1937, Rajevski 16628 ( BEO!) ; Lapad , May 1914, MihanoviĆ 16629 ( BEO!) ; Am Meer bei Ragusa , September 1888, AdamoviĆ s.n. ( BEOU!) ; grebeni pored otočića Bobare kod Cavtata , pukotine stijena uz more, 10 August 1979, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Trsteno , obalni grebeni uz more, 8 August 1981, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Vitaljina (selo kod Igala ), obalni grebeni uz more, 12 October 1981, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Duboka (uvala i selo kod Kleka ), obalni grebeni uz more, 10 November 1981, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Mrkan, otočić kod Cavtata , pukotine stijena uz more, 20 June 1979, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Lokrum kod Dubrovnika , 26 September 1930, Lochingg s.n. ( ZA!) ; Lokrum , pukotine stijena uz more, 5 August 1979, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Otok Šipan: Kaludrica , uz more, u as. Limonietum anfracti, 25 August 1979, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Bobara, otočić kod Cavtata , pukotine stijena uz more, 8 August 1979, HeĆimoviĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; In maritimis Gravosae , 1808, VodipiĆ s.n. ( ZA!) ; Montenegro, Budva, Felsküste , 14 July 1973, Heinrich s.n. (M!); Monte Negro, an der Bucht südlich Rodovići, 1 September 1977, Krach s.n. (M!); Küstenfelsen bei Budva, 2 m, 31 May / 10 June 1938, Freudenberger 13586 (M!); Felsen , Ragusa , 22 July 1932, Gross s.n. (M!); Süd-Dalmatien , Pettini di Ragusa , Scoglien an der SW-Spitze von Lapad bei Ragusa , Nordhang , Kalkstein , 6 April 1926, Ginzberger s.n. ( BM!) ; Southern Dalamtia, Cannosa near Ragusa , June 1904, Ginzberger s.n. ( BM!) ; Southern Dalmatia: Cannosa near Ragusa , November 1906, Ginzberger & Wettstain s.n. ( BM!) ; Souther Dalmatia: Bay of Traste near Cattaro, July 1902, Vierhapper s.n. ( BM!) ; maritime limestone rocks outside the city wall Dubrovnik ( Ragusa ), 26 June 1953, Dennis 139 (K!); In rupestribus maritimis ad Pristan-Bar, July 1890, Baldacci s.n. (K!); Dalmatia, in rupibus, ad mare insula Lokrum, pr. urb. Dubrovnik, 14 August 1937, Crebenehikoff s.n. (K!); Dalmatia, Gravosa; ad litorem, July 1910, Kriegev s.n. (K!) .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Limonium dictyophorum. A. Inflorescence branches. B. Spikelets. C. Outer bracts. D. Middle bracts. E. Inner bracts (dorsal view). F. Inner bract (lateral view). G. Calyces. H. Calyx lobes. I. Leaves (Illustration by Salvatore Brullo based on Brullo. Bogdanović & Giusso s.n. CAT).

FIGURE 30. Geographical distribution of Limonium trinajsticii (A). L. leprosorum (B). L. tabularae (C). L. subnudum (D). L. ginzbergeri (E) and L. dictyophorum (F).

FIGURE 36. Habit of Limonium dictyophorum from Trsteno. Brullo. Bogdanović & Giusso s.n. (CAT).