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Blackwell Science, LtdOxford, UKBOJBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society0024-4074The Linnean Society of London, 2004? 2004 144? 351364 Original Article SUCCISELLA IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA F. AMICH ET AL. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 144, 351–364. With 35 figures Taxonomic revision of the genus Succisella (Dipsacaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula FRANCISCO AMICH1*, JUAN A. DEVESA2 and SONIA BERNARDOS1 1Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain 2Department of Biology and Plant Production: Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Extremadura, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain Received May 2003; accepted for publication August 2003 A revision of the three endemic Iberian species of Succisella G. Beck (S. carvalhoana, S. microcephala and S. andreae-molinae), based on herbarium studies, SEM photographs and field observations, is presented utilizing morphological, palynological, karyological, biogeographical and ecological characters. The distribution of the species in the Iberian Peninsula is shown in a grid map. Full synonymy is given for all taxa. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 144, 351–364. ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: distribution – karyology – morphology – palynology – Portugal – Spain – taxonomy. INTRODUCTION Since the work of Baksay (1952, 1955), the diversity of the genus underwent no modification Succisella G. Beck is the only genus of Dipsacaceae (Cannon, 1976) until the recent description of a endemic to Europe and the Caucasus. It is assigned to new species from the south of Spain, S. andreae- the tribe Scabioseae DC., together with Lomelosia molinae Pajarón & Escudero (Escudero & Pajarón, Raf., Pseudoscabiosa Devesa, Pterocephalidium G. 1994). Consequently, the genus is currently con- López, Pterocephalodes V.
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