TABLE 1 in Limonium ophioides and L. nichoriense (Plumbaginaceae), two new diploid species from Peloponnisos, Greece

TABLE 1. Morphological diagnostic features of Limonium ophioides, L. nichoriense, L. coronense, and L. pylium.
Limonium ophioidesL. nichorienseL. coronenseL. pyliumPlant habiterecterecterectprostrate to erectLeaf length (mm)20–5020–5015–7015–70Leaf width (mm)3–7.52.5–53–122–8.5Leaf apexretuse or roundedretuse to obcordateobtuseobtuseStem branching patternjointed, flexuous, branched, thickened, robust, nodes of articulation evidentflexuous, branched, slightly robustflexuous, branched, slender to slightly robustflexuous, robust, curved, divided, branched from the baseStem indumentumabsenthairy near the base of stemabsenthairy near the base of stemBranching angles (°)30–6030–6040–8070–120Spike length (mm)20–4015–5520–856–35Spike shapeserpentine to straightstraightstraightstraightNumber of spikelets per cm36–93–43–5Spikelet length (mm)5–65–67–7.56.5–7Spikelet curvaturelaterally slightly curvedstraightstraightstraightNumber of flowers per spikelet1–22–32–31–3Inner bract width (mm)2.1–2.32.3–2.52.3–2.72.5–3Inner bract length (mm)3–3.63–3.83.6–4.23.2–4.2Membranous margin of inner bract width (mm)0.2–0.40.5–0.80.4–0.60.4–0.5Triangular tip of inner bract length (mm)0.3–0.40.4–0.60.7–0.90.5–0.8Calyx length (mm)4–4.54–4.54.9–5.64.5–5.2Calyx tube indumentumdensely hairy at the basedensely hairy at the base, sparsely hairy at the middlesparsely hairyglabrous or sparsely hairy at the baseCalyx lobes length (mm)0.5–0.70.5–0.70.8–1.10.6–1Calyx extension beyond the inner bract (mm)2.2–2.81.5–22.2–2.51.8–2.2