Open AccessThree new Spanish species of Biscutella L. (Brassicaceae) and remarks on B. valentina (L.) Heywood
Author(s) -
MATEO GONZALO,
CRESPO MANUEL B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2000.tb01851.x
Subject(s) - brassicaceae , biology , botany
Three new species are described in Biscutella sect. Biscutella from the central‐eastern mountains of the Iberian Peninsula: B. bilbilitana Mateo & M.B. Crespo, B. segurae Mateo & M.B. Crespo, and B. conquensis Mateo & M.B. Crespo. They are characterized morphologically, ecologically and chorologically. Data separating them from B. valentina (L.) Heywood, a taxon to which they sometimes have been referred, are also reported.