Conti, Fabio and Bracchetti, Luca and Dorfner, Marco and Benda, Nadine and Oberprieler, Christoph (2025) Leontodon albanicus subsp. acroceraunicus (Asteraceae, Cichorieae): A New Subspecies from Southern Albania. BIOLOGY-BASEL, 14 (3): 259. ISSN 2079-7737
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Some plants belonging to the Leontodon sect. Asterothrix were collected from southern Albania. They were compared with the closest taxon (L. albanicus s.str.) from morphological and molecular (AFLPseq fingerprinting) points of view. Uni- and multivariate statistical analyses of morphological data revealed distinctive discontinuities-especially in terms of the characteristics of the indumentum-that are paralleled by separation into two genetic clusters in AFLPseq fingerprinting. Following an integrated taxonomic approach based on morphological, genetic, and geographical sources of evidence, we show that the newly discovered population should be regarded as a new subspecies named Leontodon albanicus subsp. acroceraunicus. The new taxon is described and illustrated, and its relationship with L. albanicus subsp. albanicus is also discussed. We have no data to assess conservation status according to IUCN categories and criteria; however, considering that it is probably limited to the Acroceraunian Mountains, it deserves particular conservation interest.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | AFLPseq fingerprinting; endemic; integrated taxonomy; vascular plants |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Group Plant Systematics and Evolution (Prof. Dr. Christoph Oberprieler) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2026 05:17 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2026 05:17 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/67350 |
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