Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia

By

Bogdanović, Sandro
Boršić, Igor
Ljubičić, Ivica
Brullo, Salvatore
Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

214

Pages

97--114

Subjects

Adriatic region , Balkan flora , Centaurea , Croatia , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404

 

Abstract

A new species, Centaurea lovricii, is described and illustrated from the island of Vis (Dalmatia, Croatia). It occurs on northwest-facing calcareous cliffs near the sea, where it grows with several other rare endemic species. Centaurea lovricii is morphologically similar to C. glaberrima and C. divergens of C. sect. Centaurea, from which it differs in having more succulent leaves with larger and less incised leaflets, bigger capitula, larger phyllaries with more developed appendages and denser and undulate fimbriae, larger florets, bigger achenes, and longer pappus. Its morphological features, distribution, ecology, conservation status and taxonomic affinities are examined. In addition, a new iconography and lectotypification for C. glaberrima and C. divergens is provided.