Fritillaria Meleagroides in Romania

Abstract

Abstract:The presence in the spontaneous flora of Romania of the species Fritillaria meleagroides is reported in this paper. It was identified in the North of the village Cotu Morii (Popricani Commune, Iaşi County), on (meso-) hygrophilous, slightly halophilous meadows, placed on the both sides of an old meander of the Jijia river. This place is at the western limit of natural area of F. meleagroides, which stretches from the Central Asia to the Eastern Europe (European Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria). Since F. meleagroides is an endangered species in large part of its natural range, we consider that urgent actions to protect its populations from Romania are necessary.

New Data About Fritillaria Meleagroides in Romania

“…To estimate population size and density of F. meleagroides, a survey was performed in April 2016, in the Northern part of the Cotu Morii village (Popricani commune, Iaşi county), in the same area described in our previous work [OPREA & al. 2015].…”

“…In our previous paper [OPREA & al. 2015], we reported for the first time in the vascular flora of Romania the species Fritillaria meleagroides Patrin ex Schult.…”

“…Since F. meleagroides is an endangered species in a large part of its natural range, including eastern Europe [IVANOVA, 2015;KOROTCHENKO & ORLOV, 2009;PETROVA & VLADIMIROV, 2009], we expressed the view that urgent actions to protect its populations from Romania should be introduced [OPREA & al. 2015].…”

“…Some preliminary data on the habitat and plant communities which host F. meleagroides in north-eastern Romania were previously presented by us [OPREA & al. 2015].…”

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