<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong><em>Charybdis glaucophylla</em> (Asparagaceae), a new species from Sardinia</strong></p>

An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy

“…Furthermore, many taxa have been recently described for Italy as new to science (e.g. Bacchetta et al 2012aBacchetta et al , 2012bMelai et al 2012;Peruzzi and Gestri 2013;Troìa and Azzella 2013;Peccenini and Polatschek 2014;Domina and Soldano 2015;Brullo et al 2015b;Peccenini and Polatschek 2016;Conti and Bartolucci 2017). Therefore, there is a need of a new checklist to summarize the current state of the floristic and taxonomic knowledge of the Italian vascular flora.…”

Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 2

“…Charybdis glaucophylla was considered Vulnerable (VU D2) at the regional level in Sardinia (Bacchetta et al 2012); it was not evaluated (NE) previously at the global (IUCN 2016) or at the regional level in Corsica (Delage and Hugot 2015).…”

“…Charybdis glaucophylla presents relevant karyological, morphological and phenological features, such as wide and short, rigid and glaucous-pruinose leaves, as well as the very late winter foliation (Bacchetta et al 2012). Indeed, it showed only some relationships with C. pancration for the whitish bulb tunics and the diploid chromosome complement, and with C. maura and C. aphylla due to the glaucous leaves.…”

“…Indeed, it showed only some relationships with C. pancration for the whitish bulb tunics and the diploid chromosome complement, and with C. maura and C. aphylla due to the glaucous leaves. Charybdis glaucophylla was considered a relictual schizoendemic arisen by a gradual diversification as a consequence of a long geographic isolation (Bacchetta et al 2012). However, due to the recent discovery of populations in northern Sardinia and Corsica, the phylogenesis of this taxon should be revisited and supported by updated investigations.…”

“…and Scrophularia ramosissima Loisel. (Bacchetta et al 2012). However, Charybdis glaucophylla also occurs in mountainous areas up to 1,300 m elevation.…”