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Type: Article
Published: 2013-10-25
Page range: 35–42
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On the identity of Anchusa leucantha (Boraginaceae) from northern Greece

University of Copenhagen
Aleksander Xhuvani University
Tirana University
Tirana University
Botanical Garden, State Natural History Museum
endemic species serpentine southern Balkans

Abstract

Anchusa leucantha, previously considered an ophiolithic endemic restricted to a small area in north central Greece, is shown to be a heterotypic synonym of A. officinalis var. ochroleuca. It occurs in southeastern Albania, the southern part of F.Y.R. Macedonia and northern Greece. We treat this taxon as part of the polymorphic A. officinalis, for which A. officinalis subsp. leucantha is proposed as a new combination.