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An analysis of the distribution paltems and endemism of the vascular flora of Mt Timfristos is presented here. 17 new fl oristic records are given , bringing the total number of the vascular taxa found on Timfristos up to 1156. The distribution of 22% of the taxa surveyed is limited to Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia, or to a smaller area. From the study of those species, and in particular of biregional endemics, it appears that Timfristos exhibits a strong floristic affinity with both southem Pindos and Peloponnisos, and that the affinity with these two areas is of equal significance; this supports the view that Timfristos occupies an intermediate phytogeographical position between northem and southem mainland Greece. The f10ristic links with Anatolia originate primarily through N.E. Greece (Thraki), and secondarily via the southem Aegean island arco However, the influence of Anatolian species on the composition of the present flora of Timfristos is evidently of less significance than that from Balkan species.