Revision of F. K. Meyer’s herbarium from Albania

Abstract

Herbarium specimens collected by F. K. Meyer in Albania have been studied and revised. As a result of the revisions of the holotype specimens – Campanula latifolioides should be treated as synonym of Campanula trichocalycina, Chamaecytisus mitrushii as synonym of Chamaecytisus purpureus, Euphorbia cikaea as synonym of Euphorbia herniariifolia, Genista albanica as synonym of Anthyllis hermanniae, Medicago coerulescens as synonym of Medicago disciformis and Seseli angustum as synonym of Carum graecum. Twenty-one taxa are erroneously reported from the country (Acer opalus, Allium pallens subsp. tenuifolium, Anchusa arvensis subsp. orientalis, Arbutus ×andrachnoides, Arum longispathum, Brachypodium phoenicoides, Bupleurum baldense and subsp. gussonei, Cardamine chelidonia, Carex appropinquata, Carex hispida, Dianthus biflorus, Glyceria arundinacea, Lonicera glutinosa, Onosma halacsyi, Orobanche aegyptiaca, Orobanche oxyloba, Plantago maritima subsp. serpentina, Stachys parolinii, Stipa endotricha and Valeriana crinii subsp. epirotica), including Bupleurum baldense, Carduus carduelis, Erysimum diffusum, Salix serpillifolia, Senecio gallicus and Stellaria palustris which have preceding reports also. Two species are erroneously reported or questionable (Orchis militaris and Thymus leucotrichus) and 12 taxa are proposed to treat as questionably occur in Albania (Achillea seidlii, Chamaecytisus supinus, Dianthus giganteus, Echinops spinosissimus, Euphorbia villosa, Jovibarba globifera, (and subsp. hirta), Koeleria pyramidata, Saxifraga scardica, Sideritis scardica, Viola alba and Viola epirota).