ErigEron karvinskianus DC. anD Linario-ErigEronEtum mucronati Segal 1969, new plant anD aSSOCIatIOn In CrOatIa

During floristic investigations in the city of Dubrovnik (South Croatia) and its surroundings, Erigeron karvinskianus DC. (Latin American fleabane) was found for the first time in Croatia in April 2013. The taxon was found on the walls in the inner suburban area. In this paper, the finding of the new species is reported and its syntaxonomic status is discussed. The genus Erigeron (subtribe Conyzinae, family Asteraceae, superorder Asteranae) has about 400 species distributed in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and a few in Africa and Australia. In fact, Erigeron is the only genus of Conyzinae with species native to regions outside the Americas. The summary of Nesom (2008) presented an outline classification of New World Erigeron species, recognizing 35 sections. In these terms, E. karvinskianus belongs to the section Karvinskia (Nesom, 1989). The native range of this section is re-