Cerastium lacaitae Barberis, Bechi & Miceli et C. scaranii Ten. (Caryophyllaceae): aspects biosystématiques, taxonomiques et distributifs
Cerastium lacaitae Barberis, Bechi & Miceli et C. scaranii Ten. (Caryophyllaceae): aspects biosystématiques, taxonomiques et distributifs
The results of morpho-biometrical, anatomical and karyological investigations on some populations of Cerastium scaranii Ten. sensu Busehmann, from the centraI and southem mountains of Italy, are presented. Two distinet taxa ean be recognized: C. lacaitae Barberis, Beehi & Mieeli, endemie to some mountains of Southem Italy, and belonging to the C. banaticum group, and C. scaranii Ten., endemie to the central-southem Apennines, and belonging to the C. arvense group.