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Floristic mapping of the island of Zlarin (Northern Dalmatia)

The island of Zlarin lies in the central part of the eastern-Adriatic coast, belonging to the euMediterranean zone of Mediterranean littoral vegetation belt. The first check list of its flora was produced in 1998, with an addition made a year later, and the last study was in 2010, when five localities were floristically surveyed. Our study consisted of a detailed survey of the whole island and a systematic mapping of flora through eight MTB 1/64 fields over six days of fieldwork in May 2018. More than 480 plant taxa were found, the majority already listed by previous researches who altogether stated almost 600 taxa, while some taxa were newly recorded. Noteworthy, altogether 13 orchid taxa were recorded, out of which Ophrys bertolonii Moretti and Orchis tridentata Scop. were the most widespread. As the island is permanently inhabited by almost 300 inhabitants, numerous gardens and cultivated areas were found, occupied with 64 cultivated taxa, some of which were frequently found in the wild, such as Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L. In addition, eight invasive species were found. Some of the noteworthy recorded taxa are data deficient Linaria chalepensis (L.) Mill., critically endangered Papaver hybridum L., extremely rare Vincetoxicum fuscatum (Hornem.) Rchb. f. and Frankenia pulverulenta L., endemic Centaurea spinosociliata Seenus ssp. cristata (Bertol.) Dostál, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. ssp. adriaticum (Beck) Markgr., Aurinia sinuata (L.) Griseb. and other.

Croatia ; floristics ; endemic taxa ; the Mediterranean ; vascular flora

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