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Annual Lythrum species in Hungary: revision of the subgenus Hyssopifolia

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2017-01-01
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Mesterházy, A. (2017). Annual Lythrum species in Hungary: revision of the subgenus Hyssopifolia. Kitaibelia, 22(1), 64–70. https://doi.org/10.17542/kit.22.64
Abstract

Four ephemeral Lythrum species have been recorded from Hungary so far. Lythrum hyssopifolia is widely distributed in the whole country. Most occurrences of L. tribracteatum are located in southeastern Hungary and alongside the Danube. The Central Asian L. linifolium was reported from a single locality (Tiszaug village, E Hungary) in 1954, which is the only European record of this species. However, we have ascertained that the voucher specimen of this record differs from L. linifolium in some morphological traits, but strongly resembles L. borysthenicum that is distributed in the Mediterranean and steppe regions of eastern Europe. Based on our revision we suggest deleting L. linifolium from both Hungarian and European checklists. The former Hungarian occurrence of L. thesioides is confirmed by vouchers.