DOI: 10.17110/StudBot.2015.46.2.119 Studia bot. hung. 46(2), pp. 119–140, 2015 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF ALBANIA, 5 Zoltán Barina1*, Dániel Pifkó1 and Marash Rakaj2 1Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H–1476 Budapest, Pf. 222, Hungary; *
[email protected] 2Universiteti i Shkodrës “Luigj Gurakuqi” Sheshi 2 Prilli, Rruga Studenti 24, Shkodër, Albania Barina, Z., Pifk ó, D. & Rakaj, M. (2015): Contributions to the fl ora of Albania, 5. – Studia bot. hung. 46(2): 119–140. Abstract: Records of 63 vascular plant taxa are reported in this paper from Albania with notes about their known European and Balkan distribution. Altogether 51 of the discussed taxa are na- tive in Albania, eight are aliens and four are absent from the country, but previously reported in error. Most of the records presented here are the fi rst mentions of the given taxa in Albania, with a few additional ones which though had some questionable or unvouchered reports but the fi rst localised records are given here. Old-established nomenclatural misapprehensions are ascertained here based on own and latest published results. Key words: alien, casual, native, naturalised, nomenclature INTRODUCTION Hundreds of newly discovered plant species have been reported in the last ten years from the territory of Albania (see Rakaj et al. 2013), together with evincing the erroneous reports of others from the country (Barina et al. 2013, Shuka and Tan 2013). Beyond the publishing of primary data, more sum- marising works have also been published, which all can serve as checklists of the Albanian fl ora (Vangjeli 2003, 2015).