Range of
Abies nebrodensis
(
Atlas Florae Europaeae 1998
). |
Abies nebrodensis
(Locaj.-Poj.) Mattei 1908
Common Names
Silician fir (
Silba 1986
), abete dei nebrodi (Italian).
Taxonomic notes
Syn:
A. pectinata
Gilib. var.
nebrodensis
Lojac.;
A. alba
Mill. var.
nebrodensis
(Lojac.) Svoboda;
A. alba
Mill. subsp.
nebrodensis
(Lojac.) Nitz.;
A. pectinata
Guss.
non
Gilib. (
Farjon 1998
).
Description
"A tree 8-15 m. tall, to 1 m. in girth, with a broad rounded or somewhat flattened crown. Bark shallowly fissured and flaky, orange. Branchlets gray-green to yellowish, grooved, rarely with brown pubescence. Buds ovoid-conical, smooth, sometimes slightly resinous, pale reddish-brown, 7-9 mm. in diameter. Leaves nearly 2-ranked, spreading horizontally, non-pectinate, linear, rigid, grooved above, dark shiny green above, glaucous below; stomata rarely present above, in 9-12 lines below; 1.2-2 cm. long by 2-2.5 mm. wide, apex rounded or notched. Male strobili with pollen grains 85 microns in diameter. Female cone cylindrical, rounded at the apex, relatively stout, dark brown, 13-20 cm. long by 4 cm. wide; scales finely pubescent at the margins; bracts exserted and reflexed. Seed to 7 mm. long" (
Silba 1986
).
Range
"Italy: Sicily: Polizzo, Monte Cervo, 1400-2000m, very rare" (
Silba 1986
); or, Monti Nebrodi, Monte Scalane and Polizzi Generosa (
Farjon 1998
).
See Also
Farjon 1990
. |
