Arums in Sicily - ID help needed (1 Viewer)

[Muppit17]

Attached are two shots of Arums seen in the last week or so in Sicily.

Any views on identity would be most welcome

 

[Simon Wates]

The 2nd photo looks as a Biiarum, maybe Biarum arundanum, which I've seen in Portugal.
http://flora-on.pt/index.php#/1Biarum+arundanum

 

[Simon Wates]

It seems Biarum arundanum isn't in Italy, looking at Flora Italiana website it may well be Biarum tenuifolium - here's a link to the Biarum page: http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Biarum

 

[Muppit17]

The 2nd photo looks as a Biiarum, maybe Biarum arundanum, which I've seen in Portugal.
http://flora-on.pt/index.php#/1Biarum+arundanum

Thank you Simon. You have certainly put me on the right track. I looked at the Biarum text by Boyce (2008) as a follow up
https://www.aroid.org/gallery/boyce/Biarum - Boyce 2008.pdf

Seems to suggest it should be Biarum tenuifolium, if the taxonomy is still current. Boyce shows the western arundanum as a subspecies in Spain & Portugal rather than the nominate in Sicily and further east.

 

[Simon Wates]

I think we cross-posted. Seems like B.tenuifolium has a consensus :-O

As an aside, B.arundanum is treated as a full species by Flora ibérica.

 

[Simon Wates]

I looked at the Biarum text by Boyce (2008) as a follow up
https://www.aroid.org/gallery/boyce/Biarum - Boyce 2008.pdf

Seems to suggest it should be Biarum tenuifolium, if the taxonomy is still current. Boyce shows the western arundanum as a subspecies in Spain & Portugal rather than the nominate in Sicily and further east.

Very nice pdf. thanks. I can make one criticism regarding the notes on arundanum; it states "Restricted to terra rossa soil" - I found this on non-limestone soil by rocky outcrops of a shale type. Flora ibérica states its found on many soils and presents stable morphological differences between tenuifolium and arundanum, explaining why they are treated as different species.

 

[honeym]

Might the first be Arisarum vulgare, Friar's Cowl or something close?
Martin

 

[Simon Wates]

Might the first be Arisarum vulgare, Friar's Cowl or something close?
Martin

Yes it might be - the leaves look good. The "hood" seems a strange shape to me though and seems to be flowering earlçy - ours here, where super abundant, aren't quite in flower yet, some leaf though.

 

[Simon Wates]

Correction; The similar, but different Arisarum simorrhinum is ours in Portugal, see http://flora-on.pt/index.php#/1arisarum
Looks good for A.vulgare indeed

 

[Muppit17]

Correction; The similar, but different Arisarum simorrhinum is ours in Portugal, see http://flora-on.pt/index.php#/1arisarum
Looks good for A.vulgare indeed

Thank you Simon and Honeym - looks good for vulgare