Orobanche alsatica (Orobanchaceae), an overlooked species in the flora of Crimea
UDC 582.952.6:581.95(1-924.71)
Keywords:
floristic records, holoparasites, Orobanche bartlingii, Orobanche buekii, phytocoenotic preferences, taxonomy
Abstract
Orobanche alsatica Kirschl. is for the first time reported from Crimea with fairly identified specimen-based records; it is an 11th species of the genus confirmed for the peninsula (or a 14th, taking into account one unconfirmed and two very doubtful taxa). It was collected in two localities of the Crimean Foothills. Crimean plants show the flower size somewhat intermediate to a closely related O. bartlingii Griseb.: the corolla length is mostly 17–20 mm, while the stamens are inserted in 3–4 mm above the corolla base. However, we attribute these plants to O. alsatica based on a glandularly pubescent style, as well as the host Peucedanum alsaticum L., typical exactly of this species. In Crimea, the species is confined to plant communities of the class Festuco-Brometea Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Soó 1947, sometimes transitional to Trifolio-Geranietea sanguinei T. Müller 1962. Orobanche alsatica was recently synonymized with O. buekii A. Dietr., a little-known name published a year earlier and hitherto considered a synonym of O. lutea Baumg.; however, we consider the name O. alsatica requiring proposal to be conserved to avoid disadvantageous nomenclatural changes entailed by the strict application of the principle of priority (Art. 14.1 of ICN).
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Rätzel S., Fateryga A. V., Uhlich H. 2017. Phelipanche schultzioides M. I. Y. Foley. In: E. von Raab-Straube, Th. Raus (eds.). Euro+Med-Checklist Notulae, 8 [Notulae ad floram euromediterraneam pertinentes No. 37]. Willdenowia 47(3): 302–303. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.47.47311
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Verkhozina A. V., Anisimov A. V., Beshko N. Yu., Biryukov R. Yu., Bondareva V. V., Chernykh D. V., et al. 2022. Findings to the flora of Russia and adjacent countries: new national and regional vascular plant records, 4. Bot. Pacifica 11, 1: 129–157. https://doi.org/10.17581/bp.2022.11114
Ена А. В. Природная флора Крымского полуострова. Симферополь: Н. Оріанда, 2012. 232 с.
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2026-03-30
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Fateryga A. V., Fateryga V. V. Orobanche alsatica (Orobanchaceae), an overlooked species in the flora of Crimea // Turczaninowia, 2026. Vol. 29, № 1. P. 101–109 DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.29.1.13. URL: https://turczaninowia.asu.ru/article/view/19126.
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