Open Access<i>Mercurialis canariensis</i> new for El Hierro Island (Canary Islands)
Author(s) -
Angel M. Romo Díez,
Montserrat Salvà Catarineu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
collectanea botanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1989-1067
pISSN - 0010-0730
DOI - 10.3989/collectbot.2008.v27.11
Subject(s) - geography , biology , botany
2 pages, 1 figure.-- Nota breve.Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S. A. Harris is an endemic plant recently described from the Canary Islands (OBBARD et al., 2006b: 103). This taxon went undetected until recently, having been included within the variability of the\udMercurialis annua sensu lato complex (HANSEN\ud& SUNDING, 1993:170; STIERSTORFER & GAISBERG, 2006).The authors who had previously dealt with the flora of the island El Hierro had only indicated M. annua, a polymorphic taxon which presents different ploidy levels, a fact which made it difficult to recognise the newly-proposed taxon, and justifies\udits lack of recognition up to the present day. Apparently, both M. annua and M. canariensis are found in the Canary Islands. Before carrying out our work, no specimens from El Hierro were investigated or located in Herbaria.Peer reviewe