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Abstract

Poa jubata A. Kern., an annual South-eastern European species, is reported for the first time from Italy. It is a therophyte linked to temporary ponds with soils flooded during the winter period. It is a very rare and enigmatic species, currently known only from a few localities of the Balkan Peninsula. Recently, it was surveyed in an Apulian wetland, near Brindisi, where it grows with several other annual hygrophytes. For its taxonomical isolation, it is included in a monospecific section, as P. sect. Jubatae. In addition to a detailed description, the chromosome complement (2n = 14) of this species is examined for the first time and a new iconography is provided.

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Apulia chorology Italy karyology morphology Poa

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Salvatore Brullo, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali Sez. Biologia Vegetale - Università di Catania via A. Longo, 19 I - 95125 Catania ITALY

Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
Sez. Biologia Vegetale - Università di Catania
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Brullo, S., Brullo, C., Cambria, S., Giusso del Galdo, G., Minissale, P., Salmeri, C., Beccarisi, L., Veronico, G., & Tomaselli, V. (2019). Poa jubata (Poaceae), a rare Balkan species, first record for the Italian flora. Acta Botanica Croatica, 78(2). Retrieved from https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/2564

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