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Allium panormitisi (Amaryllidaceae), a new autumn-flowering species from Symi Island, SE Aegean, Greece

Galanos Christos J. (Parodos Filerimou, Ialisos, Rodos, Greece)
Tzanoudakis Dimitrios (University of Patras, Department of Biology, Division of Plant Biology, Patras, Greece)

Allium panormitisi, from the island of Symi (SE Aegean, Greece), is described as a species new to science. It is an autumn-flowering species of Allium section Codonoprasum (Amaryllidaceae) and is classified as endangered (EN) according to IUCN criteria. Its morphology, karyology and conservation status are presented and discussed, in addition to its taxonomic relationships to other autumnal species of A. sect. Codonoprasum distributed in the E Mediterranean area.

Keywords: Codonoprasum, chromosome number, Dodecanisos, karyology, taxonomy, conservation