PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA  vol. 31: 103-108 • Sofia • 2025

Kit Tan1 & Arne Strid2

Results and discussion

Allium kofinae Kit Tan & Strid, sp. nov. (Figs. 1 & 1a)

Bulb solitary, ovoid to subglobose, 15-20 × 12-20 mm; outer tunics fibrous-coriaceous, blackish-brown; inner membranous, pale pink. Stem erect, (20-)30-37 cm, slender, 1-2 mm diam., finely striate, glabrous, remaining bright green at anthesis, sheathed 1/3 to less than 1/2 its length. Leaves on flowering stem 2-3, shorter than stem, linear, flat, ca. 1 mm broad, green, glabrous, ± withered at anthesis. Spathe persistent, almost free (joined for 2 mm at base), with unequal valves; larger valve (including 2-4 mm appendage) 8-12 mm long, 5-veined; the smaller and narrower valve 6-9 mm long, 3-veined. Inflorescence lax to moderately dense, hemispherical, 2-5 cm diam., many- flowered. Pedicels unequal, 10-30 mm long, glabrous. Perianth cylindrical-urceolate; segments ± equal, pale to deep pink, with greenish-purple midvein; outer segments oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-8.5 × 2.5-3.0 mm, obtuse-rounded; inner elliptic, 5.5-9.0 mm, obtuse-rounded. Stamens included. Filaments all simple, white, dilated and flattened at base, connate below into an annulus 0.5 mm high; outer 4-5 mm long; inner 5-6 mm long. Anthers ellipsoid, 0.8-1.0 mm long, yellow to pale yellow, apically obtuse. Ovary ovoid-subglobose, ca. 3 × 2 mm, cream, smooth at apex; nectariferous pores 1/3 length of ovary. Style slender, white, 2.5-3.5 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsule 3-locular, globose-obovoid, (3.0-)3.5-4.0 × 4-5 mm. Seeds angular-obpyramidal, 2.5-3.0 × 1.9-2.1 mm, matt-black. Habitat. In phrygana and macchie of Arbutus and Juniperus, on stony or rocky serpentine slopes at moderate altitudes of 460-800 m. Phenology. Flowering and fruiting from mid-May to June.

Eponymy. Named after Giannis Kofinas (Athens) in honour of his valuable contributions to the Greek flora.