Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei (1908:64)
Sicilian fir, Nebrodi fir, Madonian fir, Abete dei Nebrodi, Abete delle Madonie
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Abies pectinata var. nebrodensis Lojac. in Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 409 (1904); Abies alba var. nebrodensis (Lojac.) Svoboda in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 60 (1964); Abies alba subsp. nebrodensis (Lojac.) Nitz. in Lustgården 49: 178 (1968); Abies pectinata Guss. in Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 614 (1844), nom. illeg.
Conservation Status
Last record: 1900 or earlier (Montmollin & Strahm, 2005a:87, 2006b:87; Thomas, 2017)
Rediscovered in 1957 (Montmollin & Strahm, 2005a:87, 2006b87; Thomas, 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Madonie Mountains, north-central Sicily, Italy
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lojacono Pojero, M. (1904-1907 “1904”). Flora Sicula, vol. 2(2). Palermo: Tipo - Litografia Salvatore Bizzarrilli.
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