The plants with protection statute, en<strong>de</strong>mites and relicts.../ Ovidius University Annals of Biology-Ecology 14: 25-31 (2010) Red book, BDA, Bulgarian en<strong>de</strong>mites), Ophrys cornuta Stev. (CITES, IUCN Red List, BDA, Balkan suben<strong>de</strong>mites), Taxus baccata L. (IUCN Red List, Red book, BDA, Tertiary relicts). The largest is the group of species that appear in the following lists: • CITES, IUCN Red List, BDA – Anacamptis pyramidalis C. Rich., Epipactis purpurata Smith, Galanthus elwesii Hook. fil., Ophrys apifera Huds., Ophrys mammosa Desf.; • IUCN Red List, Red book, BDA – Anemone sylvestris L., Fritillaria pontica Wahl., Galium rubioi<strong>de</strong>s L., Haplophyllum thesioi<strong>de</strong>s G. Don., Juniperus sabina L., Jurinea le<strong>de</strong>bourii Bunge, Ruta graveolens L.; • IUCN Red List, Red book, Tertiary relicts – Celtis glabrata Steven, Cercis siliquastrum L., Pastinaca umbrosa Stev. et DC.; • IUCN Red List, BDA, Bulgarian en<strong>de</strong>mites – Campanula euxina (Vel.) Ancev. 4. Conclusions The total number of species with conservation statute that we found on the Shoumen plateau is 80 (10.18% of all species on the plateau). It is significantly larger than the data published by other authors. In our study, we use more recent documents on nature conservation. They total 6 in comparison to 3 or 4 in previous publications. The species that we <strong>de</strong>scribed generally appear in 12 lists of endangered species. The en<strong>de</strong>mic species that we found on the plateau and <strong>de</strong>scribed are 29 species (3.69% of the total number of species). They inclu<strong>de</strong> 17 Balkan suben<strong>de</strong>mites, 9 Balkan en<strong>de</strong>mites and 3 Bulgarian en<strong>de</strong>mites. The flora of the plateau inclu<strong>de</strong>s significant number of relict species – 42 (5.34% of the total number of species). The majority of them are Tertiary relicts: 39 species, 2 are quaternary relicts and 1 is postglacial steppe relict. The largest number of species of conservation statute confirms the importance of the Shoumen Plateau as a protected site, preserving the wellbeing of nature in the future. 30 5. References [1] Protected Areas Act, State Gazette number 133 from 11 November 1998, Amen<strong>de</strong>d in State Gazette number 98 from 12 November 1999,..., Amen<strong>de</strong>d in State Gazette number 19 from 13 March 2009. [2] ANDREEV, N., 1992. Botanical characteristics of National Park Shumensko Plateau, in National Park Shumensko Plateau. Technical Project Green Construction, Agrolesproject, pp. 17–62. [3] Council Directive 92/43/EEC of the European Community to protect natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. [4] STANEV, S., 2001. Little known names from Bulgarian botany, Pensoft, Sofia – Moscow, 202 pp. [5] VELENOVSKY, J., 1891. Flora Bulgarica, Praga, 676 рp. [6] VELENOVSKY, J., 1898. Flora Bulgarica, Supplementum I, Praga, 420 рp. [7] DAVIDOV, B., 1904. Contribution to study the flora of the district of Shumen, Sbornik ot narodni umotvoreniya, ХХ (II): 1–54. [8] STOIANOV, N., Stefanov B., 1924-1925. Flora of Bulgaria, Vol. I-II, Sofia, pp. 1367. [9] STOIANOV, N., Stefanov B., 1932-1933. Flora of Bulgaria, Vol. I-II, Sofia. [10] STOIANOV, N., Stefanov B., 1947-1948. Flora of Bulgaria, Vol. I-II, Sofia, pp. 1361. [11] STOIANOV, N., Stefanov B., Kitanov, B., 1966-1967. Flora of Bulgaria, Vol. I-II, Nauka i izkustvo, Sofia, pp. 1325. [12] Flora of PR Bulgaria, Vol. І-Х, 1963-1995, Publishing House of BAS, Sofia. [13] RADOSLAVOVA, Е., 2002. The Orchids of the Shumensko Plateau, Snejanka Petkova – AR, Shumen, pp. 48. [14] ZAHARIEV, D., Radoslavova, E., 2010. The Plants of the Shumensko Plateau, Himera, Shumen, pp. 597. [15] Forest <strong>de</strong>velopment project of the Shumen State Forestry, district Shumen, Vol. I, 2002, Anemone Ltd., Sofia, pp. 148. [16] Red book of PR Bulgaria, Vol. 1, Plants, 1984, Publishing House of BAS, Sofia, 447 pp. [17] Biological Diversity Act, State Gazette number 77 from 9 august 2002, pp. 9–42. Amen<strong>de</strong>d in
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