taxonID	type	description	language	source
A0E3B4D375EB52599709B6B3A98F3F4F.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
A0E3B4D375EB52599709B6B3A98F3F4F.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Croatia. In apricis montium Lesina, s. d., Stalio 448 (lectotype, designated here: PAD - HD 02637).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
A0E3B4D375EB52599709B6B3A98F3F4F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. According to Greuter (2006), C. divergens is distributed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro (Fig. 4) and as an adventive plant in France.	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
A0E3B4D375EB52599709B6B3A98F3F4F.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. Centaurea lovricii (paratypes): Croatia. Split-Dalmatia County, island of Vis, Kraljicina spilja, vertical rocks, 26 April 2010, S. Bogdanovic & Z. Liber s. n. (ZAGR); Dalmazia, Isola di Vis, Okljucina, pereti rocciosi sopra il mare, 25 May 2011, S. Bogdanovic, S. Brullo & G. Giusso s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); Island of Vis, Okljucina, vertical cliffs, 12 June 2010, S. Bogdanovic & I. Borsic s. n. (ZAGR); Island of Vis, Okljucina, vertical cliffs, 23 May 2010, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (ZAGR). Centaurea glaberrima: Albania. District of Shkoder, Rera e Hedhur E of village Baks-Rrjoll, on the slope of Mts Mali i Rencit, on limestone rocks, 41.83324 ° N, 19.53921 ° E, 76 m a. s. l., 5 August 2011, Z. Barina & G. Somogyi 19743 (BP 761381); District of Shkoder, in mountain Maja e Zeze above village Baks-Rrjoll, in dry grassland, on limestone, 41.85733 ° N, 19.50846 ° E, 248 m a. s. l.; 4 May 2014, Z. Barina, D. Pifko & G. Puskas 23227 (BP 767834). Croatia. Flora Dalmatica, In rupibus promontorii Punta Spezerea pr. Ragusam, 5 June 1906, A. Degen s. n. (PI 012666); E Dalmat, s. d., Tausch s. n. (PRC); Dalmatia, 1832, R. Visiani s. n. (K 000772946); Juzna Hrvatska, Velji Do, obronci planina iznad Cavtata, 22 July 2013, S. Bogdanovic & I. Borsic s. n. (ZAGR 44365); Ragusa in Dalmatia, R. Visiani s. n., sub C. punctata Vis. (P 02815194); Ragusa, 15 June 1867, R. Huter s. n., sub C. punctata Vis. (P 02815195, P 02815196, P 02815197); Raguse, 14 June 1861, R. Huter s. n. (P 04215180); Peljesac, Ston, uz cestu, 30 July 2021, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); Peljesac, Ston, Majkovi, 11 July 2021, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); Juzna Dalmacija, otok Olipa, juzna strana, uz obalu mora, 10 May 2018, S. Bogdanovic & I. Resetnik s. n. (ZAGR 50465, ZAGR 50466, ZAGR 50462, ZAGR 50463); Dalmacija, otok Lopud, stijene uz obalu mora, 12 May 2018, I. Resetnik & S. Bogdanovic s. n. (ZAGR 53125); Dubrovnik, kod hotela Belvedere, stijene uz obalu mora, 12 May 2018, I. Resetnik & S. Bogdanovic s. n. (ZAGR 53144); Otok Sipan: Kaludrica, u garigu, 25 August 1979, M. Hecimovic s. n. (ZA 13511); Na morskoj litici, Vrtac kod sela Popovici, ca 50 m, 19 July 1926, V. Loschnigg s. n. (ZA 13510); In colle Gorizae et ad margines agrarum olivat. Lapad, 1868, M. Vodopic s. n. (ZA 13508), sub C. punctata Vis.; Otok Lokrum: travnjak u masliniku kraj zgrade, 2 May 1959, S. Horvatic s. n. (ZA 1307), sub C. punctata Vis.; In saxosis fruticetis sempervirentis ad Lapad (Gruz), 28 July 1928, Th. Soska s. n. (MW 0794564); Slano, February 1972, M. Obradovic s. n. (BUNS 18767), Gradac, 9 May 1967, M. Obradovic s. n. (BUNS 18956); In rupibus calc. Ombla, pr. Dubrovnik, 15 August 1946, O. Grebenscikov s. n. (BEO 26342); Lokrum, s. d., S. Jovanovic s. n. (BEOU 37269); Dalmatia. In rupestribus apricis prope urbem Dubrovnik (Ragusa), s. d., A. Latzel s. n. (BEOU 37274); Dalmatia merid., in saxosis calcareis montis Ilinovo Brdo supra Gruda, 13 July 1928, Soska s. n. (BEOU 37276); Dalmatia merid., in saxosis calcareis montis Srdj supra Dubrovnik, 20 July 1928, Soska s. n. (BEOU 37277); Srdj (Dubrovnik), krecnjacki kamenjari, 25 May 1990, S. Stevanovic & S. Jovanovic s. n. (BEOU 502.90); Dubrovnik (okolina), Srđ, 25 May 1988, S. Jovanovic s. n. (BEOU 719); Padine brda Srđ, Dubrovnik, kamenjarski travnjaci, October 1993, S. Maslo s. n. (ZAGR); Konavoske stijene, Dubrovnik, pukotine krecnjackih stijena uz morsku obalu, 16 July 2003, S. Maslo s. n. (ZAGR); Konavoske stijene (najzapadniji dio, kod Popovica), kamenjare, 1 August 1978, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4058: BOT); Dubrovnik, Lapad, 9 October 1977, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4050: BOT); Srđ iznad Dubrovnika, 29 November 1978, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4051: BOT). Bosnia and Herzegovina. Weideplaetze - V. Trebinje, n. Lastva, 7 August 1895, Matulic s. n. (SARA 44076); In rupestribus montis Gliva prope Trebinje, July 1891, K. Vandas s. n. (SARA 44075); Trebinje, 19 July 1892, E. Brandis s. n. (SARA 44070); Am Wege von Meka gruda nach Djec, 20 July 1925, V. Hawelka s. n. (SARA 44054); In saxosis apricis prope Zavala, 18 October 1909, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44052). Montenegro. Katunska nahija, 2 August 1991, V. Stevanovic s. n. (BEOU 1578.91); Ad Vilusa, ca. 1.100 m, July 1904, J. Rohlena s. n. (PI 012665); vidikovac iznad jezera Slano, 31 July 2021, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); Gruda, Majden, 13 July 1928, D. Petrovic s. n. (BEOU 37275); Orjen, Postirovnik, s. Prcanj cca 890 m s. m., s. dol., 2 August 1980, C. Silic s. n. (SARA 44071, 44072, 44073, 44074). Centaurea divergens: Croatia. Island of Hvar, St. Nikola, rocky grassland, 28 July 2021, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); Zadvarje, along the road, 28 July 2021, S. Bogdanovic s. n. (CAT, ZAGR); In apricis saxos. ins. Lesina, Visiani s. n. (P 02815387); Dalmatia, in lapidos., pr. Macarsca, July 1880, Th. illeg. s. n. (P 02815388); In collibus apricis Ins. Lessina, D. Lagger s. n. (P 02815389); Lesina, s. l., s. n. (P 02815389); Otok Sipan, ograde u garigu, 9 June 1979, M. Hecimovic s. n. (ZA 13512); Srednja Dalmacija, Grabovac, istocno od Sestanovca, uz cestu, 13 July 2014, S. Bogdanovic & U. Buzurovic s. n. (ZAGR 38697, ZAGR 38698); Grabovac, krecnjak, 13 July 2014, U. Buzurovic & S. Bogdanovic s. n. (BEO); Dalmacija, poluotok Peljesec, uvala Marculeti, Rt Vrba, okomite stijene uz cestu, M. Jericevic, N. Jericevic & S. Bogdanovic s. n. (ZAGR 43796); Dalmatinska Zagora, Vrgorac, Prapatnice, Vegari, 20 July 20215, M. Vukojevic s. n. (ZAGR 40083); Neretva, okolica mjesta Rogotin, ruderalno, uz cestu, 20 July 2013, S. Bogdanovic & I. Borsic (ZAGR 44348); op keinestrand b. Makarska, 26 July 1965, T. Baretta 4 (U 1112735); Dalmatia. In agris sterilibus ad Macarscam, s. d., Pichler s. n. (P 02815392, P 02815393, MW 0794555, BEOU 37201); Dalmatia, Lessina, s. d., M. Botteri s. n. (BEOU 37200); Mala Duba, Zivogosce, kamenite padine uz Jadransku magistralu, 12 July 2003, S. Maslo s. n. (ZAGR); Brac, Vidova gora, October 1976, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4054: BOT); Otok Brac, kod Bola, 28 March 1969, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4053: BOT); Otok Brac, uz cestu Supetar - Nerezisce, May 1968, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4052: BOT). Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosna, između Rilje i Kifinog sela, July 1969, I. Trinajstic s. n. (CNHM 4055: BOT); Mostar, am Humberg, 100 m, July 1903, E. Sagorski s. n. (P 04453688, P 04453689); Mostar, in incultis, July 1907, E. Sagorski s. n. (P 04132171); Mostar, in incultis ad m. Humberg, July 1905, E. Sagorski s. n. (SARA 44056); Ad vias, July 1908, E. Sagorski s. n. (PI 12696); Flora Hercegovine, Prenj, Porim, na izlozenom grebenu, 29 July 1962, I. Horvat s. n. (ZAHO); Zitomislici, Mostar, kamenite padine i sikare brda Osojnica, July 2001, S. Maslo s. n. (ZAGR); Hercegovina, Prenj pl., Prevoj, kamenite padine uz put za Rujiste, July 2011, S. Maslo s. n. (ZAGR); Stolac, Krizevac, 260 m alt., 43.06159 N, 17.9839 E, kamenjari, krecnjak, 1 July 2015, M. Niketic, G. Tomovic, K. Jakovljevic & S. Đurovic s. n. (BEOU 43550); In locis siccis agris Livanjsko polje, prope Prolog, 22 June 1970, H. Ritter s. n. (SARA 48730); In locis siccis agris Livanjsko polje, prope Kablic, 30 July 1970, H. Ritter s. n. (SARA 48729); In valle Drezanka prope Dreznica, 4 August 1900, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44058); In paucibus, Narontis, prope g. Grabovica, ca. 150 m, 5 October 1930, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44057); In paucibus, Narontis, prope g. Grabovica, 140 m, 7 September 1907, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44050); Konjic, in monte Vitaljica et Zlatar, 27 June 1955, H. Ritter s. n. (SARA 44055); In valle Narontis prope Glavaticevo, solo dolomitico, 380 m, 17 July 1923, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44053); Inter Podgorjani-Lisani, 260 m, 18 August 1918, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44051); In saxosis apricis prope Bisina, ca. 1000 m, 7 August 1907, K. Maly s. n. (SARA 44049); U dolini Rakitnice ispred Blaca, 10 August 1957, H. Ritter s. n. (SARA 48725). Montenegro. Boka Kotorska, Lustica iznad Rosa, kamenjari sa Salvia officinalis, krecnjak, 100 m, 3 August 1996, D. Lakusic & B. Lakusic s. n. (BEOU 2150 / 96); Boka Kotorska, Lustica, prevoj izmedju Rosa i Kracica, kamenjari, krecnjak, 350 m, 24 August 2002, D. Lakusic & B. Lakusic s. n. (BEOU 15337); Kotor, put Prcanj-Rose, 29 June 2003, P. Janackovic s. n. (BEOU 38399); Iznad Vrbanja, kamenjari sa Globularia cordifolia, 16 June 1990, V. Stevanovic s. n. (BEOU 1198.90); Klinci, Sv. Tripun, Lustica, kamenje pored soderskog put, 24 June 1995, V. Karaman 501 (BEOU 37273).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
D89FFCFC467A5A4C8BAEECFDD3503D16.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
D89FFCFC467A5A4C8BAEECFDD3503D16.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Croatia. e Dalmat. [Dalmatia], s. d., Sieber s. n. (lectotype, central specimen designated here: PRC).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
D89FFCFC467A5A4C8BAEECFDD3503D16.taxon	distribution	Distribution. According to Greuter (2006), Barina et al. (2015) and Nikolic et al. (2015), C. glaberrima is distributed in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro (Fig. 4).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3 B, C, D	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Croatia. Island of Vis, Bliscevac bay, calcareous rocky slopes, 16 May 2021, 43 ° 4 ' 23.30 " N, 16 ° 5 ' 51.59 " E, S. Bogdanovic & M. Temunovic s. n. (holotype: ZAGR- 68512; isotypes: CAT, CNHM, ZA, ZAGR).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herb, with several stems, sterile leaf-rosettes and woody rootstock. Stems erect, glabrous, striate, shiny green, 25 - 50 cm long, not winged, laxly branched. Basal leaves fleshy, shiny green, glabrous, 1 - 2 pinnatisect, 7 - 20 cm x 5 - 40 mm; leaflets 5 - 15 per side, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate to linear, or oblong lanceolate, 5 - 30 x 0.8 - 5 (- 10) mm, often the terminal ones lanceolate and up to 10 mm wide; young leaves oblong lanceolate with entire margin or with few lateral teeth; petioles 5 - 55 mm long. Median and upper cauline leaves similar to basal ones, sessile or subsessile, 1 (- 2) pinnatisect, 1.5 - 12 x 0.5 - 3 cm; leaflets 1 - 12 per side, linear-lanceolate to linear, margins entire. Synflorescence laxly paniculate, with 7 - 30 solitary capitula. Peduncles 1 - 20 cm long, apex clavate, bracts 1 - 8, entire. Involucre ovoid, 13 - 15 x 8 - 12 mm. Phyllaries straw-coloured, glabrous, coriaceous, dorsally with 3 - 7 nerves; the outer ones ovate, 6.5 - 8 x 2.5 - 3.5 mm; the median ones ovate-oblong, 10 - 15 x 3.5 - 4.5 mm; the innermost linear, 12.5 - 15 x 2 - 2.8 mm; phyllary appendages well-developed, triangular to orbicular, dark brown, appressed, densely fimbriate with 7 - 10 pairs of undulate fimbriae, 0.3 - 1.7 mm long, ending with a terminal acute tooth. Florets pink-purplish. Outermost florets sterile; corolla tube glabrous, 7.5 - 9 mm long; corolla lobes linear, irregular, 7.5 - 11.5 mm long. Disc florets fertile; corolla tube 10 - 11.5 mm long; corolla lobes linear, equal, 5 mm long. Stamens 12.5 - 13.5 mm long; filaments 4.5 - 5 mm long; anthers 8 - 8.5 mm long, dark violet. Style 16 - 16.5 mm long, ciliate at apex; stigmas 1.5 mm long. Achenes oblong, 2.6 - 3 x 1.4 - 1.5 mm, glabrous, dark brown up to the apex, with several irregular straw-coloured longitudinal ridges. Pappus obscurely biseriate, whitish, with bristles 0.6 - 2.3 mm long.	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is dedicated to the Croatian botanist Andrija-Zeljko Lovric (1943 - 2018), who was the first to collect it and consider it as a new species.	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. This new species grows along the northern coast between Dragodid Bay and Okljucina Bay of the island of Vis in Dalmatia, Croatia (Fig. 4). It grows on sea facing cliffs constituted of Triassic dolomites (Lozic et al. 2012) at 10 - 100 m a. s. l., in rocky crevices together with many other rare or endemic species (Fig. 3 A). The most frequent chasmophytes occurring in this habitat are Aurinia leucadea subsp. scopulorum (Ginzb.) Plazibat, Campanula teutana Bogdanovic & Brullo, Centaurea ragusina L., Helichrysum italicum subsp. pseudolitoreum (Fiori) Bacch., Brullo & Mossa, Brassica incana Ten., Limonium issaeum Bogdanovic & Brullo, Pimpinella tragium subsp. lithophila (Schischk.) Tutin and Sesleria interrupta Vis. (Bacchetta et al. 2003; Bogdanovic and Ruscic 2011; Bogdanovic et al. 2014; Bogdanovic and Brullo 2015; Terzi et al. 2019).	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
E9F3550B341D59EFB64172733B71BB37.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Within Centaurea subsect. Centaurea, C. lovricii is most similar to C. glaberrima, particularly in the morphology of its capitula and phyllaries. Centaurea glaberrima is a species occurring in several localities in the north-western Balkans (Nikolic et al. 2015). However, these two species show some significant differences in habit and the morphology of their leaves, capitula and achenes (Table 1). In particular, C. glaberrima (Figs 5, 6) has a more robust and rigid habit, stems with up to 80 capitula, rigid basal leaves with leaflets linear-filiform (0.5 - 2 mm wide), involucre 6 - 10 mm long, with phyllaries up to 8 mm long, appendages straw-coloured, often tinged with pale-brown, with sparse fimbriae, outermost sterile florets with corolla tube 6 - 6.5 mm long and pappus bristles 0.2 - 0.8 mm long. In addition, the two species have different ecological requirements. Centaurea glaberrima usually behaves as a ruderal plant growing along roadsides, in dry rocky grasslands and occasionally also in rupestrian stands, whereas C. lovricii is a true chasmophyte in coastal stands. A population genetic study of some endemic Adriatic species of Centaurea using AFLPs was carried out by Borsic (2013), who showed the distinctness of the population from the island of Vis (sub C. issaea) from C. glaberrima, but also concluded that this population shows evidence of introgression with C. glaberrima and C. spinosociliata. A phylogeny based on nrDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences revealed that C. lovricii still has an unclear phylogenetic position among the species of C. sect. Centaurea included in this study (Borsic 2013). Another morphologically similar species is C. divergens (Fig. 6), which is often treated as a subspecies or variety of C. glaberrima (Maly 1928; Hayek 1931; Lovric 1967 - 1968; Dostal 1976; Gavrilovic and Janackovic 2022), but its treatment as a distinct species, as proposed by Visiani (1847) and Hayek (1901), seems to be more appropriate (see Table 1). It differs from C. lovricii in having a hispid stem, rigid and dull green basal leaves with linear-filiform leaflets (0.5 - 2 mm wide), a 6 - 10 mm long involucre, phyllaries that are up to 8 mm long, with up to 2 mm long fimbriae, outermost sterile florets with a 5.5 - 6 mm long corolla tube, and up to 1.1 mm long pappus bristles. They are also ecologically well differentiated, because C. divergens is usually a typical ruderal species, while C. lovricii is a chasmophyte. A nomenclatural overview and lectotype designation for C. glaberrima and C. divergens, species closely related to C. lovricii, are here provided:	en	Bogdanovic, Sandro, Borsic, Igor, Ljubicic, Ivica, Brullo, Salvatore, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro (2022): Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia. PhytoKeys 214: 97-114, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.214.89404
