Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. aucheri (DC.) B. Nord.

Shuka, Lulezim & Tan, Kit, 2013, New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 1014-1014 : 1014

Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. aucheri (DC.) B. Nord.

Asteraceae

Tephroseris integrifolia (L.) Holub subsp. aucheri (DC.) B. Nord. in Opera Botanica 44:44 (1978).

Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. aucheri Type:― [Turkey, NW Anatolia] Alpes Olymp. Byth. [Ulu Dagh], Aucher-Eloy 3424 (G, MPU!).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5334; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Dry Mt, Pllaja e Pusit, alpine meadows near the peak; verbatimElevation: 1900-2250 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°54'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°49'E; Event: eventDate: 7 July 2011; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR!

Ecology

Phenology

Flowering in July, fruiting from end of July to August.

Habitat

Dry alpine pastures or snowbed meadows, particularly on the western slopes of the mountain ridge. It is usually found in association with Astragalus lacteus , Botrychium lunaria , Coeloglossum viride , Crocus cvijicii , Erysimum kuemmerlei and Poa alpina ― New for Albania.

Distribution

This subspecies occurs in Serbia, F.Y.R. Macedonia, northern Greece, Bulgaria and NW Anatolia. It is widely distributed in northern Greece at altitudes of 1000-2400 m but has not yet been reported from the Greek or F.Y.R. Macedonia parts of the PIP. Some collections from southern Greece (Peloponnese and S Pindos: Baden & al. 954, ATH! Aldén 3447, LD!), erroneously identified as Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. aucheri, refer to Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.