Allium goumenissanum a new autumnal species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum (Amaryllidaceae) from north Greece Author Ioannidis, Vasilis AEGILOPS-Greek Network for Biodiversity and Ecology in Agriculture, Focal Point, 61100 Eleftherochori Kilkis, Greece basiliskilkis @ yahoo. gr Author Tzanoudakis, Dimitris Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-07-07 554 1 59 69 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.554.1.4 journal article 93895 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.1.4 ed0b79fc-1416-491b-8462-b3ffa3d5ede0 1179-3163 6809788

TABLE 2. Comparison of Allium goumenissanum with 3 others related Greek autumn-flowering species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum.

Character	A. goumenissanum	A. orestis	A. stamatiadae	A. panormitisi
Bulb (outer	Coriaceous, brown to reddish-	Coriaceous,	Coriaceous,	Membranous to
tunics)	brown	greenish-brown	grayish- brown	papyraceous, brownish-
				white, often with blackish
				dots
Bulblets	Present, lateral or up to the	Present, on the stem,	Present, mainly	Absent
	upper part of the bulb, short-	stalked, white or	at the upper part of bulb
	stalked, brownish to reddish	yellowish	and the base of the stem,
			long-stalked,
			brown to yellowish
Scape	50-60 cm, inserted centrally	35-75 cm, inserted	27-55 cm., inserted	30-60 cm, inserted
	to the bulb	centrally to the bulb	externally to the bulb	centrally to the bulb
Leaf sheathing	1/2– 2/3	1/2–2/3	1/2–3/4	3/4–4/4
of stem
Spathe valves	Distinct from leaves, the	Distinct from leaves, the	Similar to leaves, the	Distinct from the leaves,
	larger up to 15(–20) cm long,	larger 12–29 cm long, the	larger 14–35 cm long,	the larger 9–20 cm long,
	the smaller up to 8(–12) cm	smaller 6.5–21 cm long	the smaller 9–24 cm	the smaller 5–8 cm long
	long		long
Pedicels	Sub-equal to unequal, 8–20(–	Remarkably unequal,	± unequal, 10–24 mm	Unequal, 5-20(–30) mm
	30) mm long	14–70 mm long	long	long
Tepals	Reddish-brown with	Greenish-yellow tinged	Whitish tinged with	Purple to greenish-purple
	greenish-white margin	with purplish-brown	brown	with darker purple-
				brownish midvein
Stamens	Included	Included	Included	Exserted
Anthers	Purple	White	Whitish	Pinkish to purple
Ploidy level	Triploid (2n = 3x = 24)	Diploid (2n = 2x = 16)	Diploid (2n = 2x = 16)	Diploid (2n = 2x = 16)