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The vascular flora of Mt Boumistos, part of Akarnanika Ori, comprises 502 taxa. Of these, 401 are recorded for the mountain for the first time, 31 are Greek and 32 Balkan endemics. Among the Greek endemic taxa, three (Cerastium illyricum subsp. crinitum, Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis, Allium callimischon) are new records for the study area, two (Mentha pulegium subsp. cephalonia and Scutellaria rupestris subsp. cephallonica) are new additions to the flora of the Greek mainland and one is a local endemic (Campanula garganica subsp. acarnanica). Avena lusitanica and Melica cupanii are reported as new for the Greek flora. The flora of Mt Boumistos is divided into 21 chorological groups and 22 subtypes of 6 main life forms. The high proportion (36.6%) of therophytes and prevalence of the Mediterranean element in its broad sense (57.5%) confirm the Mediterranean nature of the flora of the study area. The relatively high percentage of geophytes (15.1%) seems to be associated with the presence of man.