Dear Rob,
this has to be one of the funniest things I hear about bulbs !
Arum italicum is native (invasive) to all Italy from North to South. The one collected in Sicily is Arum italicum, no doubt. The other species present in Italy are : Arum apulum, endemic of Central Apulia, Arum A.cylindraceum (the Italian population formerly described as A. lucanum ) scattered in the Southern Italy at altitude, Arum pictum endemic of Sardinia and Arum maculatum, in the Northern and Central Italy
Angelo Porcelli
Apulia - Italy
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Hi Pieter,
I flipped through "The Genus Arum" by Peter Boyce ,which
has distribution maps , and I didnt see any Arum species that
grow in Sicily . It appears that Arum italicum is not native
to Italy either.
Cheers,
Rob in Tasmania
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