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Issue: Vol. 733 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.7
Page range: 143-148
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 6

Hieracium certovicae (Asteraceae), a new species in H. sect. Alpestria from the Nízke Tatry Mts, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Zámek 1, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic
University of the National Education Commission, Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
Carpathians Compositae Europe Hieracium hybridization ploidy level taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Hieracium certovicae is a new, tetraploid (x=9) species from the subalpine zone in the Nízke Tatry Mts., Slovakia. It combines the morphological features of H. prenanthoides s.lat. and probably H. caesium s.lat., and belongs to the H. carpathicum aggregate.

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How to Cite

Chrtek, J. & Szeląg, Z. (2025) Hieracium certovicae (Asteraceae), a new species in H. sect. Alpestria from the Nízke Tatry Mts, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 143–148. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.7