Anemone hortensis var. heldreichii Halacsy

Anemone hortensis var. heldreichii (Boiss.) Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Gr.: 6 (1900) ≡ Anemone stellata var. heldreichii Boiss. Diagn. pl. orient. ser. 1. vol. 2. fasc. 8: 1 (1849). “ Hab. In dumosis montis Akrotiri et faucibus montis Malaxa prope Cydoniam, Cretae [growing in the thickets on the mountains of Akrotiri and the jaws of mount Malaxa near Kydon (Chania), Cretae (Kriti)]. Heldreich 1312, Marte 1846 ”. Lectotype designated here (Art. 9.12): Greece, Crete, (lecto. G!) [G 00788416] Herb. G-BOIS. SIB no. 457133 / 1; isolecto: BM! [BM 000613694]; isolecto. E! [E 01097614]; isolecto. K x 3! [K 000692042; K 003266388; K 003266412]; isolecto. LY [LY 0796695]; isolecto. P x 4! [P 00158570; P 03182159; P 03182319; P 03182182]; isolecto. WAG! [WAG 0043946]; isolecto. WU! [WU 0074909]. ≡ Anemone hortensis subvar. heldreichii (Boiss.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30: 319 (1924). ≡ Anemone heldreichiana Gandoger, Fl. cret.: 6 (1916). ≡ Anemone hortensis subsp. heldreichii (Boiss.) Rech. f., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. - Naturwiss. Kl. 105 (2, 1): 743 (1943). Distribution and habitat. Anemone hortensis var. heldreichii is endemic to Crete, Karpathos and Kasos, occurring on mountain meadows and among rocks from 400 to 1200 m. Flowering February to April. Illustration Fig. 2 D. In addition to these varieties, it is worth noting a minor flower colour variant that occurs frequently in populations across the range of the species and which is recognised here as a new combination at the rank of forma. Plants with a pronounced zone of white, cream or pale yellow near the base of each tepal (Fig. 2 C) can be assigned to Anemone hortensis f. regina (Risso) J. Compton. This is clearly evident in the three flowers on the specimen from Risso’s personal herbarium now conserved in Paris.