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Issue: Vol. 749 No. 2: 26 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.749.2.10
Page range: 214-218
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A new species in Hieracium sect. Alpina (Asteraceae) from the Western Carpathians in 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 scituliforme is a new, tetraploid (x=9) apomictic species from the subalpine zone in the Nízke Tatry Mts., Slovakia. It combines morphological features of the H. fritzei agg. and probably H. stygium and/or H. nigrescens agg., and belongs to the H. scitulum aggregate.

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How to Cite

Chrtek, J. & Szeląg, Z. (2026) A new species in Hieracium sect. Alpina (Asteraceae) from the Western Carpathians in Slovakia. Phytotaxa 749 (2): 214–218. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.749.2.10