Galanthus lebedevae (Amaryllidaceae) – a new species from Sochi

Abstract

The description of Galanthus lebedevae from limestone canyons of foothills in south-east Sochi is presented. The species belongs to series Latifolii, subseries Viridifolii (Kem.-Nath.) A. P. Davis. It shows an external morphological similarity with the sympatric Colchian species G. platyphyllus, G. krasnovii, G. panjutini, and G. woronowii, however, it differs sharply from all the listed species in the content of nuclear (2C) DNA, phenology, and ecology. Narrow northern Colchis endemic, which developed under the conditions of the warmest foothill limestone area of ​the Colchis refugium of tertiary-relict species.