Phelipanche chionistrae (Orobanchaceae): a new holoparasitic species from Cyprus Author Rätzel, Stefan Author Hand, Ralf Author Christodoulou, Charalambos S. Author Uhlich, Holger text Candollea 2021 2021-02-01 76 1 77 82 journal article 3427 10.15553/c2021v761a7 58431abd-c212-43d8-91b4-82fc3ab160d1 2235-3658 5683835

Table 1. – Comparison of morphological characters and hosts between Phelipanche chionistrae Rätzel, Hand, Christodoulou & Uhlich, the P. rosmarina complex and P.olbiensis (Coss.) Carlón et al. Characters diagnostic for one species are in bold.

		P. rosmarina s.l.	P. chionistrae	P. olbiensis
Habit	plant height [cm]	(4–)6–26(–35)	(5.5–)6.5–8(–12)	(3–)5–12(–17)
Stem	colour	pale, partly greyish, rarely reddish brown	dark brown-purple to red- brown, blackish purple in bud	dark brown-purple to red- brown, blackish purple in bud
	hairs length [mm]	(0.1–)0.2–0.4(–0.9)	0.1–0.2	0.1–0.15
Bracts	glandular hairs length [mm]	0.2–0.5(–0.6)	0.1–0.2	≤ 0.1
	length [mm]	8–10	6–7	(6–)7–9(–11)
Calyx	relation teeth to tube	somewhat longer	somewhat shorter up to as long	somewhat longer
	hairs length [mm]	0.3–0.6	0.1–0.2	0.1–0.2
	length [mm]	(12–)14–18	(9–)10–13(–15)	(10–)12–16(–18)
Corolla	tube glandular hairs length [mm]	(0.1–)0.15–0.25(–0.4)	(0.1–)0.15–0.25	0.05–0.1(–0.2)
	lobes and folds eglandular hairs length [mm]	0.2–0.4(–0.5)	0.2–0.3	0.1–0.2(–0.3)
	shape	oblong	oblong	roundish
	filament, height of insertion [mm]	3.5–5.0	3.0–3.5	2.5–3.5 (–4.5)
Anther	length [mm]	(0.9–)1.2–1.5 × (0.6–)0.8(–1.0)	1.1–1.4 × 0.8–0.9	1.1–1.3 × 1.1–1.3
	indumentum	glabrous to sparsely hairy	basally and at suture with scattered to numerous hairs	glabrous or very sparsely hairy at suture
	hairs length [mm]	0.2–0.4	0.3–0.5	0.1–0.2
Host		Rosmarinus officinalis	Alyssum troodii, very probably also Teucrium cyprium, possibly Alyssum cypricum, Hypericum confertum	Helichrysum stoechas, H. conglobatum, H. pendulum, H. × rhodium, Phagnalon saxatile, P. rupestre subsp. graecum and subsp. rupestre