Verbascum salicifolium (Scrophulariaceae) a new species from Central Macedonia, Greece Author Zografidis, Aris Department of Biology, University of Patras, University Campus, GR 26504 Rion, Greece. Author Liveri, Eleni Department of Biology, University of Patras, University Campus, GR 26504 Rion, Greece. & Department of Agriculture, University of Patras, GR 27200 Amaliada, Greece. Author Ioannidis, Vasilis 0000-0003-4860-341X AEGILOPS-Greek Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture, Focal Point, GR 61100 Eleftherochori Kilkis, Greece. basiliskilkis @ yahoo. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4860 - 341 X basiliskilkis@yahoo.gr Author Dimopoulos, Panayotis Department of Biology, University of Patras, University Campus, GR 26504 Rion, Greece. text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-06-29 552 3 182 190 journal article 84346 10.11646/phytotaxa.552.3.2 f385041a-849e-43fb-900a-f6e5d441292d 1179-3163 6776954

TABLE 3. Diagnostic characteristics of Verbascum salicifolium and V. adenanthum. Numbers in brackets indicate mean and standard deviation values.

	V. salicifolium	V. adenanthum
*Bracts that subtend the lower branches of the inflorescence
Height of mature plant	0.4–1 m	0.6–1.5 m
Basal leaves
length × width of largest leaves	10–25 [18.4±3.1] × 1–3 [2.1±1.5] cm	5–15 [10.5±2.1] × 1–3.5 [2.1±1.3] cm
Shape	oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic	oblong-elliptic to spathulate
Apex	subacute to acute, rarely acuminate	obtuse to subacute
Stem	leafy up to the inflorescence; lower bracts leaf-like*	upper part of stem not leafy; lower bracts not leaf-like*
Fruiting pedicels	thickened	scarcely thickened
Longest pedicel in glomerule	2–6 mm	4–8 mm
Lower lobes of corolla	obovate	orbicular
Pellucid glands	scattered, not distinctly arranged between the three main nerves of lobes	conspicuous, densely arranged between the three main nerves of lobes
Anterior stamens	6.5–8 mm; glabrous part below anther c. 2 mm	5.5–6.5 mm; glabrous part below anther c. 1 mm