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Very rare plant. Although
it was reported by various authors in the past (Brignoli,
Serpieri & Federici, Paolucci, Cengia-Sambo) only two recent
records exist for the Marche. A.J.B. Brilli-Cattarini found it
near Sarnano (MC) in 1981, and my picture here is a specimen
from a population on M. Petralla, just outside the Region's
administrative boundary in the Tuscan Province of Arezzo. It flowers in May in (damp)
grassy places.
Diego Marchetti reported a
huge population of a small Serapias species in the surroundings
of Mercatello sul Metauro (PU). I visited the site with Diego
Marchetti, Mimmo Rossi and my daughter on 31 May 2010, and we
found that the plant in question was Serapias
lingua. This is the first documented record of the species
which falls well within the administrative boundaries of the
Province of Pesaro-Urbino.
On 20 May 2012 Nazzareno
Simoncelli found a population of approximately 30 plants in the
surroundings of Cantiano (PU).
On 9 May 2013 Alessandro
Allegrucci found an individual at Miralfiore, right in the
centre of Pesaro. This spectacular find was documented in the
newpaper Il Resto del Carlino of 23 May 2013 (p.6).
Literature:
-BRIGNOLI, G. (1813), "Elenco delle piante spontanee" in Alcuni Cenni
Sulle Produzioni Naturali del Dipartimento del Metauro, Urbino
(p.38).
-CENGIA-SAMBO, M. (1929),
"Contributo alla Flora vascolare dell'Urbinate", in Nuovo Giorn. Bot.
Ital., 35(4):425-506 (p.446).
-CRESCENTINI, R. & J.M.I.
KLAVER, Orchidee Spontanee della Provincia Peasro e Urbino, con
osservazioni sulle specie delle Marche, Pesaro, 1997 (p.238).
-KLAVER, J.M.I., "Distribution
of the Orchidaceae of the Province Pesaro-Urbino (Central-East Italy)",
AHO Baden-Württemberg 23 (4), 1991, pp.557-747 (p.618)
-PAOLUCCI, L. (1890-1),
Flora Marchigiana, Pesaro (p.113).
-SERPIERI, A. & A. FEDERICI
(1868), "Saggio di una flora dell'agro Urbinate ed epoca della fioritura
di molte piante. Centuria I, II, III, IV, V", in Bullettino
Metereologico di Urbino, fascicolo II, anno 1867, pp. 32-38, 48-56,
Urbino (p.38,p.55). |
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