STUDY ON HIERACIUM S. STR. (ASTERACEAE) IN NORTH MACEDONIA, II.

Abstract

The author’s continued study of Hieracium s. str. in North Macedonia has provided new insights into the diversity, chorology, and taxonomic status of certain representatives. A new combination and status are proposed: Hieracium korabense (O. Behr & al.) Teofilovski comb. & stat. nov. Two species are reported for the first time in the country: Hieracium argillaceum (Radika River basin) and H. onosmoides (Probištip). The latter is also newly recorded for the entire Balkan Peninsula. The Macedonian endemic H. korabense, previously known only from its type locality, Korab Mt., has been rediscovered there nearly nine decades after its description and newly recorded in the Šar Mountains. Corrections and additions to its original description as a subspecies of H. sparsum are presented. The Balkan endemic H. macedonicum, previously reliably recorded only from its type locality, Pelister (Baba Mt.), is now reported from Osogovo Mt., Vlaina Mt., Nidže Mt., and several new locations in Baba Mt. H. pellense, considered endemic to the Greek and Macedonian parts of Nidže Mt., is newly recorded in Baba Mt. and Galičica Mt. Photographs of herbarium specimens and distribution maps for North Macedonia or general regions are provided for each treated species.