Populations of the Minuartia verna group (sect. Polymechana Mattf.) from the Západne, Vysoké and Belianske Tatry Mts (W Carpathians) and from the Svidovec and Čorna Hora Mts (Ukrainian E Carpathians) are classified as a separate species Minuartia pauciflora (Kit. ex Kanitz) Dvořáková; the appropriate nomenclatural correction is proposed. Comments on speciation, taxonomic relationships, chromosome counts, distribution and plant sociology are given. A brief morphological comparison with M. rubella (Wahlenb.) Hiern (arctic zone of Holoarctis), M. gerardii (Willd.) Hayek (Alps and Pyrenees) and M. corcontica Dvořáková (Krkonoše Mts, N Czech Republic) is presented.
Minuaria kabylica (Pomel) Dvořáková, a species of the section Polymechana Mattf., is defined in terms of taxonomy and chorology. The taxa Minuartia verna subsp. kabylica (Pomel) Maire et Weiller (= Alsine kabylica Pomel) from Northern Africa, and M. grandiflora (C. Presl) Dvořáková from Sicily are taxonomically identical. The distribution of M. kabylica is limited to the Atlas mountain system in Northern Africa and to the mountains of northern Sicily. The seed coat of M. kabylica is documented by an SEM photograph.