<i>Lolium edwardii</i> sp. nova (Gramineae) and its relationship with <i>Schedonorus</i> sect. <i>Plantynia</i> Dumort.

Abstract

Abstract Lolium edwardii , probably an endemic of the Canary Islands, is new to science. It differs clearly from L. canariense by means of morphological characters provided in a key, and of its ecological preferences and distribution patterns presented for the Island of El Hierro. The relationship to the genus Schedonorus P. Beauv. is discussed.