A hotspot of endemism: Oreophytic Taraxacum species (Compositae, Crepidinae) in the mountains of Bulgaria Author Štěpánek, Jan 0000-0003-4038-1998 Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ- 25243 Průhonice 1, Czech Republic. & jan. stepanek @ ibot. cas. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4038 - 1998 jan.stepanek@ibot.cas.cz Author Kirschner, Jan 0000-0002-6303-713X Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ- 25243 Průhonice 1, Czech Republic. & jan. kirschner @ ibot. cas. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6303 - 713 X jan.kirschner@ibot.cas.cz text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-10-20 569 1 1 139 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.569.1.1 journal article 172051 10.11646/phytotaxa.569.1.1 f8f7b3a8-119f-438c-95d6-5d701a007727 1179-3163 7235182 Taraxacum panalpinum van Soest (1959: 88) Type:— L 2601 , no. det. 19680, holotype (herb. van Soest 33827)!, see Kirschner & Štěpánek (2014: 175) . Doll (1978: 640) :—“Diese Art fanden wir mehrfach im Rila-Gebirge.“ Herbarium voucher specimens:—There are three specimens under the name T. panalpinum , each with a different taxon; the third one is a mixed gathering. Sheet I : Flora von Bulgarien , Rila-Gebirge, Musalla-Hütte, 12 Jul [19]76, R . Doll [as Taraxacum panalpinum ] ( JE , no. det. 19058). Sheet II: Flora von Bulgarien , Rila-Gebirge, Musalla-Hütte, Weg., 12 Jul 1976 , R . Doll [as Taraxacum panalpinum ] ( JE , no. det. 19059). Sheet III: Flora von Bulgarien , Rila-Gebirge, Malowitza-Hütte, Bachrand. 16 Jul [19]76, R . Doll [as Taraxacum panalpinum ] ( JE , no. det. 19060). Interpretation:—The specimens under the name T. panalpinum belong to several taxa of T . sect. Crocea (one described as T. vile below, Sheet I , another represented by T.paludosiforme , Sheet II ), to T . sect. Obliqua ( T. chrysocephalum group, Sheet II) and to the T. pirinicum group (Sheet III). None of the above plants belongs to T. panalpinum .