Centaurea galicicae Micevski (1985: 83)

Wagenitz, Gerhard, Bergmeier, Erwin, Gregor, Thomas, Meierott, Lenz, Shuka, Lulezim & Tan, Kit, 2018, A synopsis of the Centaurea soskae and triniifolia group (Centaurea sect. Acrolophus) in the Prespa area and Northern Pindos, Phytotaxa 348 (2), pp. 77-89 : 83-85

3. Centaurea galicicae Micevski (1985: 83) ( Figs. 1‒2 & 9 ).

Type:—[FYR MACEDONIA] Mt Galičica, in rupestribus calcareis inter pagum Stenje et Konjsko, 20 June 1980, K. Micevski (holotype SKO).

Herbaceous perennial woody at base. Leaves greyish-white tomentose, segments narrowly lanceolate. Capitula narrowly ovoid; florets pinkish-purple. Phyllary appendages blackish-brown, narrowly triangular, with suberect to patent terminal spinule longer than the blackish-brown or whitish lateral cilia. Achenes puberulent; pappus longer than body of achene.

Endemic to SE Albania and SW part of FYR Macedonia, in the foothills of Mt Galičica within the National Park, near to Lake Megali Prespa. Flowering and fruiting June and July.

Specimens cited

ALBANIA. Korça district: calcareous rocky cliffs of the Gollomboçi Peninsula at Lake Megali Prespa , 7–15 m above the lake shore, 855 m, 40°51’N, 20°57’E, 13 July 2011, Shuka 5426 ( TIR!) ; loc. ibid., 18 July 2012, Shuka s.n. ( TIR!) .

FYR MACEDONIA. Resen district: calcareous rocky slopes above the lake shore of Megali Prespa , between Stenje and Konjsko villages (locus classicus), 880 m, 40°56’N, 20°56’E, 6 July 2013, Shuka s.n. ( TIR!, private herbarium Kit!) ; Konjsko , 40°56’N, 20°56’E, 7 July 2012, Janaćković ( BEOU 38477 , photos!) .

The terminal spinule of the phyllary appendage is longer than the lateral cilia and the pappus also longer than the body of achene (see Fig. 2 ), thus distinguishing C. galicicae from C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme with which it had been confused.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Capitula of Centaurea taxa: a, C. soskae subsp. soskae; b, C. s. subsp. aetiensis; c, C. s. subsp. albida; d, C. tomorosii; e, C. galicicae; f, C. soskae subsp. albida × C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme; g, C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme; h, C. t. subsp. campylacme (white form); i, C. shumkana.

FIGURE 2. Achenes of Centaurea taxa: a, C. soskae subsp. soskae; b, C. s. subsp. aetiensis; c, C. s. subsp. albida; d, C. tomorosii; e, C. galicicae; f, C. soskae subsp. albida × C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme; g, C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme; h, C. grisebachii; i, C. shumkana.

FIGURE 9. Distribution map: a, Centaurea soskae ● C. tomorosii ■; b, C. galicicae ● C. triniifolia subsp. campylacme ■ C. shumkana ♦.