AFLP groups and constituent species | Groups recognised by Ehrendorfer (1962a, 1981) | Ploidy levels of AFLP groups and constituent species | Habitat preference of individual species | Distribution type of AFLP groups and distribution of individual species | Morphological characteristics of AFLP groups |
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South Arvensis | 2 x | widespread | leaves mostly divided | ||
K. ambigua | K. arvensis | 2x | grasslands and ruderal places | SE Balkan Peninsula | |
K. arvensis | K. arvensis | 2x [4x] | grasslands and ruderal places | most of Europe except for the extreme south | |
K. lucana | K. arvensis | 2x | forests | S Italy | |
K. macedonica | K. arvensis | 2x | grasslands and ruderal places | Central Balkan Peninsula | |
K. visianii | K. arvensis | 2x | grasslands and ruderal places | Central and W Balkan Peninsula | |
Carinthiaca & North Arvensis | 2 x , 4 x | widespread | morphologically heterogeneous with mostly divided leaves | ||
K. arvensis | K. arvensis | [2x] 4x | grasslands and ruderal places | most of Europe except for the extreme south | |
K. carinthiaca | K. velutina | 2x | natural grasslands and rock cervices, limestone | Austria (E Central Alps) | |
K. dipsacifolia p.p. | K. silvatica | 4x [6x] | forest margins, tall herb communities, meadows | Central Europe [Alps, Central Balkan Peninsula] | |
K. kitaibelii | 4x | meadows, wood margins | Central Europe | ||
K. norica | K. subcanescens/persicina | 4x | grassy forest understory, rocks | Austria (E Alps) | |
K. pseudolongifolia | 2x | alpine rock pastures | W Krkonoše (Czech Republic) | ||
K. serpentinicola | 2x | serpentine forest clearings and edges | NW Czech Republic | ||
K. slovaca | 2x | natural grasslands on limestone | central E Slovakia | ||
Drymeia & Dinarica | 2 x , 4 x | widespread | mostly undivided leaves; soft indumentum with additional, mostly yellowish setae on basal parts, partly monopodial rhizomes | ||
K. csikii | K. dinarica | 2x | (sub) alpine meadows, tall herb communities | Central and W Balkan Peninsula | |
K. dinarica | K. dinarica | 2x, 4x | (sub) alpine meadows, tall herb communities | Central and W Balkan Peninsula; S Italy | |
K. dipsacifolia p.p. | K. silvatica | 4x [6x] | rocky forest clearings | Central Balkan Peninsula [Alps, Central Europe] | |
K. drymeia | K. drymeia | 2x, 4x | forest and forest margins | Central and SE Europe, N Italy | |
K. sarajevensis | K. sarajevensis | 4x | forest margins | Central Balkan Peninsula | |
K. sp. 2 | 4x | serpentine clearings | Central Balkan Peninsula | ||
Alpine Dipsacifolia | 6 x | regional | Undivided, dentate leaves | ||
K. dipsacifolia p.p. | K. silvatica | [4x] 6x | forests, forest margins, tall herb communities | Alps [Central Europe, Central Balkan Peninsula] | |
Longifolia | 2 x , 4 x , 6 x | regional, disjunct | often undivided leaves, lanceolate, with entire margins, divided leaves with long terminal segment | ||
K. baldensis | K. subcanescens/persicina | 4x | subalpine meadows | N Italy | |
K. fleischmannii | K. fleischmannii | 4x | thermophilous shrubland | Slovenia | |
K. illyrica p.p. | K. arvensis | 2x, 4x [6x] | meadows, pastures, open forests | SE Alps to NW Balkan Peninsula | |
K. longifolia | K. longifolia | 2x | upper montane to alpine meadows and tall herb communities | S and E Alps, S and E Carpathians | |
K. pancicii | K. longifolia | 2x | damp mountain meadows | Zlatibor planina (Serbia) | |
K. persicina | K. subcanescens/persicina | 4x | stabilised limestone screes | N Italy | |
K. purpurea p.p. | K. arvensis | 2x, 4x | meadows | SW and S Europe | |
K. ressmannii | K. silvatica | 6x | forest margins | N Italy | |
K. velutina | K. velutina | 2x | screes, pastures, forest edges | S Alps | |
Midzorensis | 2 x , 4 x | regional, continuous | undivided lanceolate leaves with entire margins; peduncles glandular or eglandular | ||
K. magnifica | 4x | subalpine grasslands, pastures | E central Balkan Peninsula | ||
K. midzorensis | K. longifolia | 2x, 4x | tall herb communities, rocky pastures | E central Balkan Peninsula | |
Montana | 2 x | widespread | yellow-flowering; often tall herbs with ovate, undivided to lyrate leaves | ||
K. involucrata | K. montana | 2x | subalpine meadows | Anatolia to Caucasus | |
K. montana | K. montana | 2x | tall herb communities | Caucasus to Urals | |
SW European | 2 x , 4 x , 6 x | widespread, but disjunct | heterogeneous; often undivided leaves, sometimes deeply divided; leaves glabrous to densely hairy | ||
K. arvernensis | K. silvatica | 4x | forest margins, wet meadows | Massif Central (France) | |
K. basaltica | K. longifolia | 2x | (sub) alpine grasslands on volcanic bedrock | Massif Central (France) | |
K. foreziensis | 4x | dwarf shrub-communities | |||
K. godetii | K. longifolia | 2x | wet meadows, fens | Massif Central (France) to Jura Mountains (Switzerland) | |
K. lebrunii | K. longifolia | 2x | tall herb communities, open forests | Eastern Pyrenees | |
K. legionensis | 4x | meadows | N Iberian Peninsula | ||
K. nevadensis | K. silvatica | 4x | tall herb communities, road margins, silicate | Iberian Peninsula | |
K. rupicola | 4x, 6x | montane meadows, limestone screes | E Iberian Peninsula | ||
K. subcanescens | K. subcanescens/persicina | 2x, 4x | tall herb communities, (sub) alpine meadows | Western Alps | |
K. subscaposa | 2x | grassy and rocky slopes | Iberian Peninsula | ||
Xerophytic | 2 x , 4 x , 6 x | widespread | usually strongly divided leaves with one to three pairs of lobes, often densely lanuginose to tomentose | ||
K. adriatica | 4x | rocky limestone slopes, calcareous hillsides, scrub margins | Dalmatia (Croatia) | ||
K. albanica | K. velutina | 2x | dry grasslands | Central W Balkan Peninsula | |
K. arvensis | K. arvensis | 2x, 4x | grasslands and ruderal places | most of Europe except for the extreme south | |
K. calycina | K. velutina | 2x | mountain grasslands | Central and S Italy, Sicily | |
K. clementii | K. dalmatica | 4x, 6x | dry grasslands | Dalmatia (Croatia) | |
K. collina | K. arvensis | 2x | dry grasslands and subruderal places | S France and NW Italy? | |
K. dalmatica | K. dalmatica | 4x | rocky limestone slopes, calcareous hillsides, scrub margines | Dalmatia (Croatia) | |
K. illyrica p.p. | K. arvensis | 2x, 4x, 6x | dry grasslands | SE Alps to NW Balkan Peninsula | |
K. mollis | K. velutina | 2x | mountain grasslands | SW Alps | |
K. pectinata | K. dalmatica | 2x, 4x | dry mountain grasslands | NW Balkan Peninsula (Velebit) | |
K. purpurea p.p. | K. arvensis | 2x, 4x | dry grasslands and ruderal places | SW and S Europe | |
K. sp. 1 | 6x | upper montane meadows | NW Balkan Peninsula (S Velebit) | ||
K. travnicensis | K. fleischmannii | 2x, 4x, 6x | dry mountain grasslands | Central NW Balkan Peninsula | |
K. velebitica | K. velutina | 2x | dry mountain grasslands | NW Balkan Peninsula (Velebit) |