Nomenclature of members of Hieracium sectt. Alpestria,Foliosa and Prenanthoidea (Asteraceae) reported from Sweden

Names of taxa referred to Hieracium sectt. Alpestria (including the ‘Semidovrensia group’), Foliosa and Prenanthoidea and reported from Sweden have been compiled from the literature and herbaria and all uses have been indexed. Based on this synopsis, the nomenclatural validity and legitimacy of the names are analysed. In total, the use of 75, 62 and 27 names is documented for the three sections, respectively, but it is concluded that only 37, 31 and 13 of these are validly published with available combinations at the rank of species. Whenever these sections are to be revised taxonomically, a large number of new combinations will thus have to be proposed.