Saxifraga ferdinandi-coburgi Kellerer & Sünd.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Saxifraga ferdinandi-coburgi is endemic to a small area in NE Greece and SW Bulgaria. It is locally abundant on some limestone mountains, e.g. on Falakro, where it grows in rock crevices and on rocky slopes at 1500–2200 m. The species was named after King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861–1948), of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family, who was a keen naturalist.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 360 [Plate 22.5]