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Pilosella kalinensis Szeląg & Vladimirov,
in Szeląg & Vladimirov, 2025. |
Pilosella kalinensis is a new, diploid species, discovered in extreme habitats on the highest peaks in the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria. It belongs to the P. alpicola aggregate within P. sect. Alpicolinae and is distinguished by having somewhat larger capitula covered with very dense, long, blackish, straight trichomes. It is endangered by hybridization with P. rhodopea.
Key words: Balkan Peninsula, Compositae, hybridization, Pilosella, ploidy level, taxonomy, Eudicots