Galium transcarpaticum Stojko et Tasenk., Ukr. Bot. J. 36(6): 594 (1979)

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Galium transcarpaticum Stojko et Tasenk., Ukr. Bot. J. 36(6): 594 (1979)

Conservation status

In Ukraine - EN ( Onyshchenko et al. 2022).

Distribution

SE Carpathian endemic.

Notes

Controversial species (probably a local morphotype of Galium album subsp. suberectum ) with an unclear systematic position ( Stojko and Tasenkevich 1979). It was excluded from the new edition of the Flora of the Ukrainian Carpathians ( Chopyk and Fedoronchuk 2015) due to its ambiguous delimiting morphological features and almost total absence of specimens identified as G. transcarpaticum by other researchers besides Tasenkevich. However, it was accepted by Mosyakin and Fedoronchuk (1999) and still listed as an endangered species by Onyshchenko et al. (2022) due to the absence of any further investigations on this species. Only for this reason, despite solid doubts, I retained this species as valid in the current list.