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A phytogeographical characterization of the high-mountain flora of Mt Kopaonik (847 vascular plant species and subspecies attributed to 89 floristic elements, 15 area groups and lO area types) is provided. The analysis shows that specific high-mountain elements (Eurasian mountain, boreal, and arcto-alpine area types) outweigh almost exactly the more widely distributed elements (Eurasian, ho1arctic, and cosmopolitan area types). Balkan endemics and subendemics are in excess of 20 %. Florogenetic links are strongest with the Carpathians, next strongest with the Alps.