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On the basis of the revision or herbarium material, new collections and in-the-field surveys the genus Fraxinus has been analysed in Sicily under the taxonomic and distributive point or view. The results confirm that the specific taxa occurring in this island are Fraxinu.l' ornu.l' L., F. angustifolia Vahl subsp. angustifolia and F. excelsior L. The presence of this lalter species, which is ovenidden in recent literature, is confimlcd to the island. Its occurrence has been ascertained in only one among the localities reported in the pasl. Besides, frequent citation or F. angustifolia subsp. oxycarpa (Bieb. ex Willd.) Franco et Rocha Afonso, is to be rcferred to F. angustifolia subsp. angustifolia.