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| Pilosella kalinensis Szeląg & Vladimirov, in Szeląg & Vladimirov, 2025. |
Pilosella kalinensis is a new, diploid species, discovered in extreme habitats on the highest peaks in the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. It belongs to the P. alpicola aggregate within P. sect. Alpicolinae and is distinguished by having somewhat larger capitula covered with very dense, long, blackish, straight trichomes. It is endangered by hybridization with P. rhodopea.
Key words: Balkan Peninsula, Compositae, hybridization, Pilosella, ploidy level, taxonomy, Eudicots
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| Pilosella kalinensis (details of the isotype). |
Pilosella kalinensis Szeląg & Vladimirov, sp. nov.
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| Pilosella kalinensis (left) and P. rhodopea on Mt. Golyam Kalin (right). |
Zbigniew SZELĄG and Vladimir VLADIMIROV. 2025. Pilosella kalinensis (Asteraceae), A New diploid Species in P. sect. Alpicolinae from the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. Phytotaxa. 694(2); 201-204. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.694.2.8 [2025-03-20]
