<italic>Centaurea tripontina</italic> (Compositae), a new species from the Pre-Pyrenean mountains, Spain.

This new species grows in the Pre-Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula) and belongs to <italic>Centaurea</italic> section <italic>Lepteranthus</italic>. These populations have been reported twice till date and were identified once as <italic>C. emigrantis</italic> and once as <italic>C. pectinata</italic>. Morphological data reveal that these individuals should be described as a new species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]