THREE NEW ROSE MICROSPECIES FROM SECT. RUBIGINOSAE IN SLOVAKIA

The article deals with the distribution of three species from the genus Rosa in Slovakia. Field research, sampling and herbarium sheet revision at the Herbarium of Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University (SLO) and the Herbarium of Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) showed new data on the distribution of Rosa pocsii Kerenyi-Nagy, Rosa polyacantha (Borbas) H. Br. and Rosa zagrabiensis Vuk. et H. Br. in Slovakia. Detailed taxonomic description, distribution of selected taxa in Slovakia, a determination key and a comparative table of the sect. Rubiginosae are given.