A new Centaurea species (Asteraceae) from Mt Sakar,South-eastern Bulgaria |
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| Authors: | S Bancheva F M Raimondo |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev 23, Sofia, 1113, Bulgariasbancheva@yahoo.com;3. Orto Botanico e Herbarium Mediterraneum, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 38, 90123, Palermo, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A new species of Centaurea, C. sakarensis, known from a single locality north-east of the village of Lessovo on Mt Sakar, is described and illustrated. It belongs to C. sect. Acrolophus, and its morphologically closest relative is C. cariensis Boiss., a Turkish endemic from western and south-western Anatolia. The new species is currently known from a single population of about 1000 individuals, growing on open stony calcareous places, at 475 m a.s.l., and should be classified as Critically Endangered, (B1abi, ii, iii]+2ab i, ii, iii]). |
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| Keywords: | Acrolophus Asteraceae (Centaureinae) Bulgaria Centaurea endemism new species |
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