Abies nebrodensis, (Lojac.) Mattei

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 30

7. A. nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei , Boll. Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 64 (1908).

U p to 15 m; crown broad, somewhat flattened; trunk stout. Young twigs glabrescent; buds resinous. Leaves all patent, dense, spreading evenly from the sides and upper surfaces of twigs, often leaving a parting on under side. Leaves 8-13 x 2 mm, thick, rigid, obtuse, rarely apiculate; resin-canals marginal. Cones c. 2 0 x 5 cm; bracts exserted, deflexed. • About 20 immature native trees in N. Sicilia (Le Madonie). Formerly forming extensive forests on the mountains o f N. Sicilia, and now being replanted. Si. On account of the scarcity of material of this species the above description is partly based on vegetative twigs of immature trees, and partly on flowering twigs of mature trees, and is not therefore strictly comparable to the descriptions of the other species. Some authors regard this taxon as only an insular variant of A. alba , but in the present state of knowledge it seems best to consider it as a species. Vide A. Messeri, Rendic. Accad. Naz. Lincei ser. 8, 25: 547-56 (1958).