Leontodon albanicus (F.K.Meyer) F. Conti

Conti, Fabio, 2018, A new combination in Leontodon (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), Phytotaxa 360 (3), pp. 287-291 : 288-289

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.360.3.9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704430

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Leontodon albanicus (F.K.Meyer) F. Conti
status

 

Leontodon albanicus (F.K.Meyer) F. Conti View in CoL , comb. & stat. nov. ( Figs. 1–2)

Basionym:— Leontodon incanus subsp. albanicus Meyer (2011: 170) View in CoL .

Type:— ALBANIA. Mali i Gjer (Mali Gjinezh), zwischen Qafa Gradishtit und Qafa Piloit, ca. 1400 m, 26 June 1959, F. K.Meyer 3397 (holotype JE, [digital image]!).

Emended description:—Perennial with a taproot and 1 unbranched stem up to ca. 20 cm tall. Stem ribbed with short stalked 5–9-fid hairs; bracts 0–3. Basal leaves rosulate, 40–130 × 5–30 mm, oblanceolate, sinuate-dentate, greyishgreen, with dense, stalked (4–) 8 (–9)-fid hairs on both surfaces. Capitulum solitary. Involucre 13–22 mm, phyllaries linear-lanceolate, in several rows, outer with sparse to dense flexuose long stalked 2–8-fid hairs, pectinate-ciliate with stellate hairs in the upper part. Ligules yellow. Achene 5–6 mm with minute rigid hairs above, narrowed towards apex. Pappus off-white, 9–11 mm long, denticulate or plumose with a few longer hairs 0.4–0.6 mm. Flowering from end of May to beginning of July, fruiting in July.

Distribution and habitat:—The species is endemic to southern Albania and Greece, in a restricted area. It is known from Gjirokastër district (Rrethi i Gjirokastrës) near Fushë Bardhë and Mt. Nëmerçkë.

Additional specimens examined:— ALBANIA. District of Gjirokastër (Rrethi i Gjirokastrës) ; above the valley of brook “Pirdu” near Fushë Bardhë, between pass Dardhë and Mt Lucë ; in deciduos forest, on limestone, 40.09258 N 19.96774 E, 650 m, 21 May 2011, Z. Barina, H. Mező & D. Pifkó 19216 ( BP!) GoogleMaps ; idem, 40.0935 N 19.96225 E, 1500 m, 21 May 2011, Z. Barina, H. Mező & D. Pifkó 19217 ( BP!) GoogleMaps ; Nemercka, near the summit (Maja e Papingut ), calcareous scree slopes, 2180 m, 40°08’05’’N 20°24’33’’E, 12 July 2012, Conti & Manilla s.n. ( APP Nos. 48886!, 55528!) GoogleMaps ; Tra Poliçan e la vetta del Mt. Nëmerçkë , pendii rupestri e pascoli, 2300 m, 26 June 2015, F. Conti, D. Lakušić, R. Di Pietro, N. Kuzmanović, A. Stinca, S. Durović, I. Janković, R. Pennesi ( APP No. 56996!) ; Mt. Nëmerçkë, circo glaciale principale, pendii rupestri, 28 June 2015, F. Conti, R. Di Pietro, A. Stinca, R. Pennesi ( APP Nos. 57114!, 57115!, 57118!) ; Nemërçkë, Dousko , 40.064832 N, 20.479923 E, alt. 1960 m, alpine grasslands, Daphno-Festucetea limestone, 24 June 2015, D.Lakušić, N. Kuzmanović, S. Đurović, I. Janković ( BEOU No. 42346) GoogleMaps . GREECE. Ioannina Nemërçkë, Dousko, 40.06297N, 20.48703E, alpine grasslands, Daphno-Festucetea limestone, 24 June 2015, D.Lakušić, N. Kuzmanović, R. Di Pietro, S. Đurović, I. Janković ( APP No. 56301!) GoogleMaps .

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

JE

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Z

Universität Zürich

H

University of Helsinki

BP

Hungarian Natural History Museum

APP

Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga - Università di Camerino

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

N

Nanjing University

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

I

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University

BEOU

University of Belgrade

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Leontodon

Loc

Leontodon albanicus (F.K.Meyer) F. Conti

Conti, Fabio 2018
2018
Loc

Leontodon incanus subsp. albanicus

Meyer 2011: 170
2011
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