Author/Editor		Frajman, Božo; Bačič, Tinka
Title		Contributions to the knowledge of the flora od Slovenia and adjacent regions: taxonomic revision and distributional patterns of ten selected species
Type		članek
Source		Phyton - Ann Rei Bot A
Vol. and No.		Letnik 50, št. 2
Publication year		2011
Volume		str. 231-62
Language		eng
Abstract		The Angiosperm flora of the Slovenian Dinaric phytogeographic region is, with the exception of some famous localities such as Mt. Snežnik and Cerkniško jezero, relatively poorly studied. We here present new floristic records for ten taxa. Their distribution in Slovenia (based on revision of the herbarium material in LJU, our own data as well as literature data) is discussed and where necessary presented on maps. The distribution patterns are often in disagreement with the information provided in standard Slovenian floristic and biogeographic literature. In some cases we discuss taxonomically difficult groups and present new data about the distribution of intraspecific taxa. Moreover, we evaluate the conservation status of the taxa in Slovenia. In Slovenia, Ballota nigra is represented by two subspecics, the western subsp. meridionalis and the eastern subsp. nigra. Their distributions largely overlap in central Slovenia and subsp. meridionalis has much wider distribution than previously assumed. Chaerophyllum aromaticum is an enigmatic species, in the past erroneously listed for Slovenia. Eschscholzia californica is an alien species neglected by the Slovenian standard floristic literature, even if its occurrence in the wild has been known for several years. We here present its distribution in Slovenia for the first time. Galium eloragatum, an octoploid species from the G. palustre group, is sometimes difficult to distinguish from G. palustre. We used the stomata length as an additional character to resolve the taxonomic alliance of the G. palustre group. Isolepis setacea was after 100 years rediscovered in central Slovenia. Laserpitium archangelica was believed to be very rare in Slovenia, where it reaches its northwestern distribution margin, but the here presented map shows thet it is distributed in major parts of the Dinaric phytogeographic region. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Descriptors		PLANTS ECOSYSTEM SPECIES SPECIFICITY SLOVENIA