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NOMENCLATURAL AND TAXONOMIC REMARKS ON “PRUNUS<br />

CUPANIANA” (ROSACEAE) FROM SICILY<br />

Francesco M. RAIMONDO, Vivienne SPADARO<br />

Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche dell'Università, Palermo, Italy: raimondo@unipa.it<br />

“Prunus cupaniana” is a nomen nudum doubtfully given by Gussone (1842) to some Sicilian<br />

populations close to Prunus mahaleb L. from which they are distinct by both biological and<br />

ecological characters. This name was later cited by Nyman (1878) which did not provide its<br />

validation, contrary to the erroneous IPNI report “Prunus cupaniana Guss. ex Nyman --<br />

Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 213. 1878 [Sep 1878]“. Fiori (1926) applied the Gussone’s epithet to the<br />

infraspecific combination “Prunus mahaleb � cupaniana (Guss.)”, which is invalid being<br />

based on a nomen nudum. Before Fiori, Lojacono (1891) treated the same populations under<br />

P. mahaleb var. prostrata.<br />

Recently Raimondo & Spadaro [in Fl. Medit. 19: 309 (2009)] treated the population of<br />

“Prunus cupaniana” as Prunus mahaleb subsp. cupaniana. This latter name is invalid too.<br />

In order to maintain the subspecific rank, the examined taxon is here treated as:<br />

Prunus mahaleb subsp. prostrata (Lojac.) Raimondo & Spadaro st. nov.<br />

[Bas. Prunus mahaleb var. prostrata Lojac., Fl. Sic. 1(2): 164 (1891); Prunus mahaleb subsp.<br />

cupaniana (Guss.) Raimondo & Spadaro, nom. inval.]<br />

This subspecies differs from P. mahaleb subsp. mahaleb by its characteristic prostrate or<br />

ascending many-stemmed bushy habit; leaves cordate, coriaceous; corymb poor with small<br />

flowers; fruits small, ovoid, slightly flattened, black when ripened. It is also ecologically<br />

distinct.<br />

Keywords: Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Flora, Sicily.<br />

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