TAXONOMY OF THE HIERACIUM-FRITZEI GROUP (ASTERACEAE) IN THE SUDETEN MTS AND THE WEST CARPATHIANS - (STUDIES IN HIERACIUM SECT ALPINA-II)

The Hieracium fritzei group is represented in the Sudeten mountains an d the West Carpathians in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by t he following species: H. fritzei F. SCHULTZ (2n=27), H. uechtritzianum G. SCHNEID. (2n=?), H. schneiderianum ZLATNIK (2n=27), H. rohlenae ZL ATNIK (2n=27), H. nigrostylum ZLATNIK (2n=?), H. slovacum CHRTEK jun. (2n=36), H. crassipedipilum (PAWL. & ZAHN) CHRTEK jun. (2n=36), H. pin etophilum (DEGEN & ZAHN) CHRTEK jun. (2n=27), and H. krivanense (WOL. & ZAHN) SLJAKOV (2n=?). For each of these taxa the description, synony my, data on their distribution and representative specimens are provid ed. In several cases lecto- or neotypes for the correct names and syno nyms are designated.