Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2017.26.20
Data deficient Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. & Kit. (Amaryllidaceae) in Croatian flora – removing the veil of mist
Nina Vuković
orcid.org/0000-0001-8149-0782
; Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Šegota
orcid.org/0000-0002-9233-7457
; Division of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Slavko Brana
orcid.org/0000-0003-1163-9996
; Istrian Botanical Society, Trgovačka 45, HR-52215 Vodnjan, Croatia
Abstract
Sternbergia colchiciflora is a rare species in Croatia, estimated as data deficient (DD), and therefore every new finding represents a valuable contribution to the knowledge of its distribution, with implications for its conservation status in the future. In this paper we describe newly found localities, and provide observations on its current distribution and IUCN status, based on all known sites and population trends. So far, this taxon has been recorded only at a few localities along the Eastern Adriatic coast. Here, we report Mt Velebit and Krka National Park as new localities for S. colchiciflora, and confirm its occurrence on Mt Biokovo and on the island of Brač. The species typically occupies dry calcareous grasslands within eu- and sub-Mediterranean vegetation in different stages of vegetation succession.
Keywords
dry Mediterranean grasslands; IUCN; rare species; Sternbergia colchiciflora var. dalmatica; succession
Hrčak ID:
191542
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2017.
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