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Wheat fields, dry uncultivated land on limestone. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.
451. Ranunculus parviflorus L. in Loefl., Iter Hispan.: 291 (1758) [R. incrassatus Guss.
(1844); “R. chius” sensu Lojac.]
Muds, fields, uncultivated silicious ground. – Marettimo, Pantelleria (Gussone 1834); Pantelleria
Cratere Mira, Marettimo (Ross 1896); Pantelleria: Favare Superiori, Montagna Grande
(Sommier 1922); Pantelleria: Montagna Grande, M. Gibele (Di Martino 1963); Pantelleria:
Monte Gibele (Brullo & al. 1977); Spontaneo nel prato del palmeto presso l’Orto botanico di
Palermo (Raimondo PAL). – RR.
* Ranunculus chius DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 299 (1817) [R. parviflorus subsp. chius (DC.)
Arcang.; R. incrassatus Guss.]
Shores, wet ground. – Probably to be excluded from Marettimo and from the Sicilian flora: spec-
imens of R. chius are perhaps originally from Ischia island and misidentified with Sicilian mate-
rial (R. parviflorus) (Ross 1896); Specimen by Heldreich given to Gussone and probably to be
identified with R. parviflorus s.s. (Gussone 1845: 836). ?To cancel from the Sicilian flora.
452. Ranunculus gracilis E. D. Clarke, Travels 2 (2): 336 (1814) [?R. schowii Tineo ex
Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2 (2): 889 (1845); R. agerii Bertol.]
Shores, wet ground. – Fra Vittoria e Terranova (Tineo) (Gussone 1845: 889); Fra Catania e
Misterbianco (Strobl) (Lojacono 1889: 228); Fra Vittoria e Terranova (Tineo) (Lojacono 1909);
Polizzi Generosa (Raimondo & al. 1995). Due to the strong human presence in the collecting
localities, further surveys are needed.

Ranunculus monspeliacus L., Sp. Pl.: 553 (1753)
453. Ranunculus monspeliacus subsp. aspromontanus (Huter) Peruzzi & N. G. Passal. in
Willdenowia 33 (2): 263 (2003) [Bas. Ranunculus aspromontanus Huter in Oesterr.
Bot. Z. 53: 489 (1903); “Ranunculus monspeliacus L. subsp. saxatilis” auct.; “R. mon-
speliacus L. var. rotundifolius” auct. non DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 260 (1817); R. monspelia-
cus L. subsp. saxatilis (Balb.) Pignatti comb. inval.]
Sicily and Val d’Aosta. – Wet grassy slops, shores. – Etna (Tineo) (Gussone 1834); Etna nei ver-
santi boreali occidentali, Croce di Pietra, Melia, M. Mazzo (Lojacono 1889); M. Zio, Bronte,
Maletto (Strobl) (Lojacono 1889: 228); Salina a Malfa (Zodda 1904); ?Madonie (Raimondo &
al. 1994). – R.
454. Ranunculus isthmicus Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. ser. 1, 1 (6): 4 (1846) [R. marchesinii
Lojac.; R. orientalis auct. non L.]
Wet localities. – Castelvetrano Contrade Stella e Pietre Cadute (Marchesini & Palumbo)
(Lojacono 1889); Caltanissetta a M. S. Anna (Cacciato 1950); Piazza Armerina (Raimondo & al.
1994). – R.

455. Ranunculus paludosus Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 184 (1789) [R. flabellatus Desf.; R.
chaerophyllos auct. Fl. Sic. non L.]
Dry meadows, garigues, grazing land. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.
456. Ranunculus millefoliatus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 63 (1791) [incl. R. garganicus Ten. +
R. fumariaefolius Desf.]
Dry stony pastures. – Everywhere in the region. – C.