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Wet habitat. – Everywhere along not distubed water courses. – C.
71. Salix alba subsp. vitellina (L.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 626 (1882) [Bas. Salix vitelli-
na L., Sp. Pl.: 1016 (1753)]
Wet habitat. – Madonie near Petralia Sottana (Raimondo & al. 2004). – ?C.

72. Salix apennina A. Skvortsov, Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 2: 90 (1965) [S. nigricans Sm. var.
apennina Borzì; S. nigricans auct. Fl. Ital. p.p. non Sm.]
Wet habitat. – Sicilia (Jalas & Suominen 1976, 3: 27). Specimens are lacking in Sicilian herbaria.
– ?RR.

73. Salix pedicellata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 362 (1799)
Along watercouses. – Everywhere along undisturbed water courses from the coast to the low
mountain. According to Brullo & Spampinato (1988) to be excluded from the Peloritani
Mountains and from the majority of the Etna Mountain. – NC.
74. Salix gussonei Brullo & Spamp. in Willdenowia 18: 5 (1988).
Close to Salix pedicellata Desf. – ES –– Water courses. – NE Sicily in Catania and Messina
Provinces (Brullo & Spampinato 1990). – C.
* Salix cinerea L., Sp. Pl.: 1021 (1753)
Doubtfuly reported on a single specimen from Palermo herbarium but wuth missing locality ref-
erence (Lojacono 1904). According to Martini & Paiero (1988) to be excluded from Sicilian
flora.

75. Salix caprea L., Sp. Pl.: 1020 (1753)
Woods (not necessarily moist). – Not reported by Lojacono (1909), but present in Sicily accord-
ing to Martini & Poiero (1988); Fiori (1923); Pignatti (1982). Bosco di Maletto sull’Etna
(Barbagallo & al. 1979 a); Fiumi: Alcantara, Rizzuto, Comunelli (Ferro & Di Benedetto 1979).
Also on the Etna at the Grotta Intraleo!, Nebrodi and Peloritani Mountains!, Enna! and Agrigento
area! – NC.
* Salix purpurea L., Sp. Pl.: 1017 (1753) subsp. purpurea
River beds. – Unspecified localities. Absent in Sicily according to Martini & Paiero (1988). Fl.
Europ. 1: 63 (1993) “widespread, particularly in the mountains”. Probably to be excluded. – ?R.

76. Salix purpurea subsp. lambertiana (Sm.) Macreight, Man. Brit. Bot.: 212 (1837), ead.
comb. Neuman ex Rech. fil. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 110: 314 (1963) [Bas. Salix lambertiana
Sm., Fl. Brit. 3: 1041 (1804)]
River beds. – Everywhere along hilly and mountainous watercourses. – C.

77. Salix ×peloritana Prestandrea ex Tineo, Pl. Rar. Sicil. 2: 31 (1846) [Salix villarsiana
sensu Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2(2): 624 (1844) non Willd.]
River beds. – According to Martini & Poiero (1988) it is the hybrid “S. pedicellata × purpurea”.
– “Messina al Faro ne’ fossi del luogo detto le Mortelle, ubi cum amicis Tineo et Nyman colle-
gi …” (Gussone 1845: 624); Mortelle (Tineo 1846); Mirto (Lojacono 1904: 394); The locality of
Mortelle has disappeared for draining, few individuals near Ortora (Nicotra 1904); Valle Ippari
(lecta 2003 a Giardina, Cundari & Fontana, herb. Giardina); Randazzo al Flascio (Raimondo &
al. 2004). – R.