<i>Ranunculus pindicola</i>sp. nov., the only species of the<i>R. auricomus</i>complex (<i>Ranunculaceae</i>) in Greece

Dunkel F. G.: Ranunculus pindicola sp. nov., the only species of the R. auricomus complex (Ranunculaceae) in Greece — Willdenowia 45: 223–230. 2015. — Version of record first published online on 16 July 2015 ahead of inclusion in August 2015 issue; ISSN 1868-6397; © 2015 BGBM Berlin.DOI: http//dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45208Ranunculus auricomus s.l. (Ranunculaceae) has been found only a few times in Greece since its first finding there by Haussknecht in 1893, all records coming from the area of the Katara pass in the Pindos mountains. All populations seem to be identical, and the Greek plants are described and named here as R. pindicola sp. nov. The new species is geographically isolated; the nearest localities of other members of the R. auricomus complex are in the Rila mountains of Bulgaria and the Sila mountains of Calabria in S Italy. According to present knowledge, R. pindicola is a rare endemic species of C Greece. It is threatened by eutrophication or abandonment of its meadow sites.