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Novosti v filogeniji in sistematiki rodu Edraianthus 
(Campanulaceae)
Some novelties in the phylogeny and systematics of the genus 
Edraianthus (Campanulaceae)
b o Š t j a N Su r i N a
1,2
, T a M a r a r a k i ć
3
, S a Š a ST e F a n o v i ć
4
, vl a d i M i r ST e v a n o v i ć
3
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dM i T a r la k u Š i ć
3
1
  University of Vienna, Faculty Centre Botany, Department of Biogeography and 
Botanical Garden, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
2
  Natural History Museum Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia 
3
  Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of 
Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;
4
  Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario 
L5L 1C6, Canada.
The genus Edraianthus A.DC. (Campanulaceae) includes approximately 13 herbaceous 
species traditionally devided into three sections: Spathulati, Uniflori & Capitati. The 
majority of the taxa are considered to be stenoendemics. Being one of the taxonomically 
and biogeographically most interesting and polymorphic genera of the Balkan flora, there 
were already four monographs of the genus provided. Recently the genus was the subject 
of extensive molecular phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies which brought some new 
insights into phylogenetic relationships and systematics both among the genera closely 
related to Edraianthus and within the genus Edraianthus itself. According to the results 
of the molecular phylogeny of the genus Edraianthus based on non-coding plastid DNA 
sequences, the section Spathulati is not monophyletic. Two separate lineages, one from the 
Durmitor Mts and the other from the Prokletije Mts, sister to E. graminifolius group, were 
identified. Due to its spathulate or spathulate-lanceolate leaves and solitary flowers, those 
populations are morphologically most similar to E. serpyllifolius, a taxon restricted to the 
subalpine and alpine belt of the Central and SE Dinaric Alps from Croatia to Montenegro. 
Additionally, results of the AFLP fingerprinting data confirmed their unique systematic 
position. In light of those findings, two new species from the Durmitor and Prokletije Mts, 
and a change of taxonomic status of E. serpyllifolius f. pilosulus from the Komovi Mts are 
proposed.
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