PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA, 30(2): 167-172, Sofia, 2024

Aquilegia ottonis subsp. meridionalis (Quézel &

Contandr.) Kit Tan & Kofinas, comb. nov.  

Basionym: Aquilegia amaliae subsp. meridionalis

Quézel & Contandr. in Taxon 16 (3): 240 (1967). —

“in rupibus umbrosis loco ‘platylithos’ dicto in mon-

tis Giona, 1500 m”, typ. n.v.

Syn.: Aquilegia meridionalis (Quézel & Contandr.)

E. Nardi in Webbia 69 (1): 105 (2014). – Neotype (de-

signated by Nardi 2014:105): “Rochers humides dans

le gorge de Platylythos au Ghiona (Grèce), vers 1800-

1900 m, 29 Juillet 1906” Maire & Petitmengin 308 (FI).

A. amaliae Boiss. subsp. meridionalis Quézel &

Contandr. in Naturalia Monspel., Sér. Bot. 16: 110

(1965), nom. inval.

This is a Greek endemic, apparently restricted to

Mts Giona and Parnassos in Sterea Ellas, south cen-

tral Greece. Large populations still occur on both

mountains, flowering from June to early August. Pho-

tos from Mt Giona were sent by Gioula Drolapa from

Neraidoneri below Mount Kokkodiari at 1850‒2000

m, taken on 5 June 2016; from Avzes, 1150 m, 16

June 2024 and from Platylithos, 1300 m, also photo-

graphed on 16 June 2024, as well as photos from the

first discovery at Trypi waterfalls on Mt Parnassos at

1250 m, on 9 June 2024. Although it is stated in Strid

(2024: 1413) that the plants do not seem distinct from

A. ottonis subsp. ottonis from Mt Chelmos, the photos

and specimens indicate otherwise. Acknowledgements.