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Issue: Vol. 731 No. 1: 25 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.1.2
Page range: 24-34
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The occurrence of Scandinavian Hieracium oistophyllum (Asteraceae) in Central Europe confirmed by morphological, cytogenetic and molecular evidence

Department of Plant Breeding, Physiology and Seed Science, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Łobzowska 24, 31-140 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences, University of the National Education Commission, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
Eudicots Baltic disjunction Hieracium molecular phylogeny rDNA-FISH SCoT markers taxonomy

Abstract

Hieracium oistophyllum is an apomictic species widely distributed in northern Europe, primarily in Sweden, from where it was described. Its isolated, southernmost locality in Central Europe was rediscovered in Poland after a century. Morphological, cytogenetic, molecular and phylogenetic analyses revealed no substantial differences between plants from Poland and Sweden, and confirmed that the Polish plants belong to H. oistophyllum. The species is illustrated with photographs of a herbarium specimen and of live cultivated plants.

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How to Cite

Grabowska-Joachimiak, A., Góralski, G., Kwolek, D. & Szeląg, Z. (2025) The occurrence of Scandinavian Hieracium oistophyllum (Asteraceae) in Central Europe confirmed by morphological, cytogenetic and molecular evidence. Phytotaxa 731 (1): 24–34. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.731.1.2