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P. todari “species inter P. elegantem et P. arenarium quasi media” (Lojacono 1904: 307). – E –
Costal clayey ground. – Sicilia sine loco (Lojacono 1904: sub P. elegans); Tra Bagheria e
Fondachelli, Bagheria Villa Butera, Presso Monreale (Lojacono 1904: sub P. todari). Absent
from Sicily according to Fl. Europ. 1: 93 (1993). Doubtful taxon not recently collected. To be
verified. – ?R.

146. Polygonum maritimum L., Sp. Pl.: 361 (1753)
Maritime dunes,stony beaches. – On not disturbed beaches. – C.
147. Polygonum bellardii All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 205 (1785) [P. monspeliense Guss. (1827)
non Pers.; incl. P. bellardii var. virgatum Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2 (2): 307, 423 (1904)]
Uncultivated and sown ground, roads. – Sicilia e Pantelleria (Gussone 1843); Nicolosi sull’Etna
(Tornabene) (Nicotra 1890 a); Trapani (Ponzo 1900); Comune in Sicilia, la varietà a Piano
Stoppa e a Ficuzza (Lojacono 1904); Pantelleria: Rakhale (Di Martino 1963); Caltanissetta,
Lercara Friddi (Todaro), Madonie (Strobl), Linosa (Giardini) (Raffaelli 1979); Alimena, luglio
2006, Raimondo (PAL). – NC.
148. Polygonum patulum All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 207 (1785) [P. patulum auct. non M. Bieb.]
Cereal fields. – Few specimens in herbaria, but commmon in sown ground. – C.
Polygonum oxyspermum C. A. Mey. & Bunge ex Ledeb., Ind. Sem. Horti Dorpat., Suppl.
2: 5 (1824) subsp. oxyspermum
149. Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. robertii (Loisel.) Akeroyd & D. A. Webb in Bot. J.
Linn. Soc. 97: 344 (1988) [“P. herniaroides” sensu Fiori (1923) an Delile; ?P. insulare
Lojac. (1904) + P. crassum Lojac. (1904)]
P. insulare according to Lojacono (loc. cit.) was collected also in Liguria, at Multedo (De
Notaris! Visum a Lojaconi in herb. Horti Romani). – Cereal fields. – Not reported by Pignatti
(1982), neither by Raffaelli (1981), but present in Sicily according to Fl. Europ. 1: 94 (1993);
Ustica al Gurgo Salato (Lojacono 1904: sub P. insulare); Mirto (Todaro), Marianopoli (Ross),
Morreale al Pioppo (Lojacono 1904: sub P. crassum). – R.

150. Polygonum aviculare L., Sp. Pl.: 362 (1753) [P. dissitiflorum Guss. ex Bianca;
Polygonum gracile Guss.]
Uncultivated disturbed ground. – Everywhere from the coastland to the mountain. – CC.
151. Polygonum rurivagum Jord. ex Boreau, Fl. Centr. France éd. 3, 2: 560 (1857) [P.
siculum Tod. ex Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 312 (1904)]
Cereal fields – From the coastland to the mountain in Northern Sicily. Palermo, s.d., s.l. (PAL),
-Mirto + Marsala + Capo d’Orlando + Ficuzza, s.d., s.l. (PAL), -Messina a Giampilieri, 1870, s.l.
(PAL), -Castelbuono a Vignicella, 8.8.1978, Raimondo (FI, PAL), -Palermo ai Ficarazzi, s.d.,
Todaro (PAL, lectotypus) (Raffaelli 1982). – C.
152. Polygonum arenastrum Boreau, Fl. Centr. France éd. 3, 2: 559 (1857) [P. intricatum
Tod. ex Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2 (2): 396 (1904); P. aviculare L. subsp. depressum (Meisn.)
Arcang. (1882)]
Uncultivated disturbed ground. – Localities on herbaria specimens by Raffaelli M. (1982) at
Caltanissetta, Castelbuono, Palermo at Ficarazzi, Avola, Vizzini between the crossroad Vizzini
and Francofonte roadedges RG-CT, Palermo at the Circonvallazione, Ficuzza, S. Stefano di
Camastra near the village. Probably more comon then it is shown in herbaria. – C.