Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2020.29.6
The rare and endangered orchid Cypripedium calceolus L. in Croatia - refound in Gorski Kotar (West Croatia) after 126 years
Marta Justić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-444X
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Bučar
orcid.org/0000-0003-0261-6952
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Vizec
orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-060X
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Vukres
orcid.org/0000-0002-3635-5343
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Šegota
orcid.org/0000-0002-9233-7457
; ZA & ZAHO herbarium collections, Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Nina Vuković
orcid.org/0000-0001-8149-0782
; ZA & ZAHO herbarium collections, Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In Croatia, Cypripedium calceolus L. is an orchid species that is endangered and strictly protected . Most of the findings in Croatia have been made in Mt. Velebit and the Lika region: however, most of the recorded findings are very old, and have not been confirmed in recent times. This paper presents a detailed analysis of all published records of this species in Croatia. Additionally, one new locality of the species was found near Delnice in summer 2019, the second finding of the species in Gorski Kotar, where it was recorded and collected as long as 126 years ago. This is an important finding that confirms the existence of this extremely rare species in Gorski Kotar and Croatia.
Keywords
Delnice; flora; IUCN; Orchidaceae
Hrčak ID:
245488
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Publication date:
30.10.2020.
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