Rubus gizellae (Rosaceae), a bramble species from southeastern Europe- identification history, neotypification, and taxonomic notes Author Király, Gergely University of West Hungary, Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, H- 9400 Sopron, Ady E. u. 5., Hungary. Author Barina, Zoltán Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, H- 1476 Budapest, Pf. 222. E-mail: barina @ bot. nhmus. hu Author Trávníček, Bohumil Department of Botany, Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Svobody 26, CZ- 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic. text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-05-05 167 1 141 142 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.12 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.12 1179-3163 5138633 Rubus gizellae Borbás (1887: 327) Type :— HUNGARY . Vas County : Dávidháza , 4 Jul 1920 , Gáyer , ( neotype , designated here, BP 84731!) Notes:— Rubus gizellae Borbás has been treated, until recently, as a presumed single morphotype without taxonomic value. Gáyer studied the type material before it was destroyed, presented a voucher collected by him, and a detailed emendation for the taxon. This specimen is designated here as the neotype for R. gizellae . Based on the description and emendation of the species, together with study of the neotype specimen and field examinations, we conclude that R. gizellae is a regional bramble species distributed in Croatia , Hungary and Slovenia . Borbás (1887) and Gáyer (1921 , 1925 ) assigned its position in subgen. Rubus , ser. Vestiti (Chaboiss.) Focke (1877: 285) , which is characterized by densely hairy first year stem, silky hairy leaves beneath and the presence of stalked glands in the inflorescence. Rubus gizellae was erroneously considered by Heslop-Harrison (1968: 19) to be a “related species to R. radula Weihe ” as stalked glands on first year stem of R. gizellae are lacking, while the presence of stalked glands on the primocane is an important feature of ser. Radula (Hook. & Arn.) Focke (1877: 317) . Our recent studies support the conclusion that R. gizellae is a typical representative of ser. Vestiti .