Sorbus madoniensis (Rosaceae), a new species from Sicily

Abstract

Sorbus madoniensis, a new species of Sorbus sect. Aria, is described, so far known only from two neighbouring localities on Mt. Carbonara (Madonie mountains, Sicily). It is related to S. graeca, which also occurs in the Madonie, and indeed shares with S. madoniensis one of its localities.

Keywords:

• Rosaceae
• Sorbus
• Italy
• Northern Sicily
• taxonomy
• distribution

Acknowledgements

Study performed during the Phd course “Vegetal Resources” of the University of Palermo. Thanks are also given to the Madonie Park for financial and logistic support, and to Prof. W. Greuter for critical review of the text. We thank Dr L.C. Raimondo for the drawings in Figures 1 and 3, and N. Surano for the Figure 2.