Balkana

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for the lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina, see Balkana Lake

Balkana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Balkana
(Griseb.) Madhani & Zarre (2018)
Species:
B. spergulifolia
Binomial name
Balkana spergulifolia
Madhani & Zarre (2018)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gypsophila serbica(Pančić) Degen (1905)
  • Gypsophila spergulifoliaGriseb. (1843)
  • Gypsophila spergulifolia f. albanicaGriseb. (1870), not validly publ.
  • Gypsophila spergulifolia f. serbicaGriseb. (1870)
  • Jordania spergulifoliaBoiss. (1849)

Balkana spergulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is a subshrub native to the western Balkan Peninsula, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and neighboring former Yugoslav countries. [1]

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