Short communication, Note
First record of the rare myco-heterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum Swartz on Mt Velebit (Croatia)
Vedran Šegota
; Institute for Research and Development of Sustainable Ecosystems, Jagodno 100a, 10415 Novo Čiče, Velika Gorica, Croatia
Antun Alegro
; Department of Botany and Botanical garden, Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The rare myco-heterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum Swartz was recorded on Mt Velebit for the first time. It was found in beech and fir dominated primeval forest (ass. Omphalodo-Fagetum) in Klepina duliba. After Mt Medvednica, Plitvička jezera and Samoborsko gorje, this is the fourth record of that species in Croatia in the last eighty years.
Keywords
Epipogium aphyllum; myco-heterotrophic orchid; Velebit; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
75146
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2011.
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