Hieracium erythrocarpum subsp. laxifurcans Bornm. & Zahn in Zahn (1922: 1037).

Ind. loc.: “ Pontisch-Armenien: am Haduhiler-Dagh u. Maghmur-Dagh bei Amasia, 600–700 m, (Bornmüller, Pl. Anat. Or., 1889, n. 564 pp.)!”

Lectotype (designated here by Gottschlich): — TURKEY: Amasia, in mtibus Haduhiler-Dagh et Maghmur-Dagh, 7–600 m, 30 May 1889, (J. Bornmüller, Plantae Anatoliae oriental., 1889, No. 564) (B barcode B 10 0484948!).— Current name: Hieracium transiens subsp. laxifurcans (Bornm. & Zahn) Greuter in Greuter & Raab-Straube (2007: 177).

Remarks: —Additional note by Zahn: “Die blaugrünen Blätter, der laxe Kopfstand, die wenig flockigen Kopfstiele, die Hüllschuppen, etc. weisen die Pflanze in die Stellung murorum–sparsum! Vgl. artabirense, welches dem sparsum (…) näher steht” [The bluish-green leaves, the lax synflorescence, the less stellate hairs along the peduncles, the pyhllaries, etc. point the plant into the position murorum–sparsum! Compare with artabirense, whose position is closer to sparsum (…)].