The chemical composition of the aerial parts essential oil of (L.) Boiss. (Apiaceae) growing wild in Crete (Greece).

(L.) Boiss. (Apiaceae) is a species occurring in the Balkan-Tyrrhenian area being present in Crete, Greece, Albania, and probably in Macedonia. Although the western disjointed population of Sicily has been classified as an endemic sub-species, subsp. (Guss.) Troia & Raimondo, its official acceptance is quite controversial. In order to verify the existence of two different sub-species, we investigated the chemical composition of the essential oil of , collected in Crete (Greece), not previously reported, and we compared it with the previously oil compositions reported in literature. Main constituents of the Cretan accessions of were trimethyl benzaldehyde derivatives (29.5%) and monoterpene hydrocarbons (56.14%).