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THE AUTUMN-FLOWERING SPECIES OF THE GENUS CROCUS
(IRIDACEAE) IN GREECE: TAXA AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Theophanis KARAMPLIANIS 1 , Theophanis CONSTANTINIDIS 2
University of Athens, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Panepistimiopolis, 157 84
Athens, Greece 1; teo_acarnan@yahoo.gr , 2 constgr@bio.uoa.gr
The genus Crocus L. (Iridaceae) is distributed from the Mediterranean basin to the western
parts of China and covers the latitude between 30°N and 50°N. The majority of species are
found in the eastern Mediterranean area and extend eastwards to the Irano-Turanian region.
A total of 32 taxa of Crocus are found in Greece (including the cultivated C. sativus L.), of
which 17 are autumn- or early winter-flowering. Among them, 9 Greek endemics are found.
Two taxa previously thought to be Greek endemics, i.e. Crocus boryi J. Gay and Crocus
hadriaticus Herb. subsp. hadriaticus, should be considered as distributed in Albania as well.
The former is already included in the Albanian flora and was collected close to Mavromati
station at the border with Albania, whereas the latter was found near the village of
Pogoniskos, c. 400-500 m away the Albanian border. Crocus pallasii Goldb. subsp. pallasii,
previously thought to grow along the Greek East Aegean Islands, was also collected in the
Greek mainland, at three different localities. The same taxon grows in the Balkans, Crimea,
Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. Among the rarest autumnal taxa in Greece, Crocus speciosus M.
Bieb. subsp. speciosus, is only known from a very few localities at the western parts of the
mainland.
The currently known distribution of all autumn-flowering Crocus taxa in Greece is presented
in dot maps. A detailed work on the biosystematics of Greek Crocus taxa has been undertaken
by the first author, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Athens.
Keywords: Crocus, Iridaceae, distribution, autumnal species, Greece.
THREAT STATUS of A RELICT ENDEMIC SPECIES (Flueggea
anatolica Gemici) in TURKEY
Tolga OK 1 , Bar�� BANI 2 , Nezaket ADIGÜZEL 2 , Ferit KOCAÇINAR 1
1 Kahramanmara� Sütçü �mam University, Faculty of Forestry, 46060, Kahramanmara�, e-mail:
tolgaok@ksu.edu.tr, ferit@ksu.edu.tr
2 Gazi University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Biology Department, 06500, Teknikokullar-Ankara, Turkey. email:
barisbani@gmail.com, adiguzel@gazi.edu.tr
Genus Flueggea Willd., included in Euphorbiaceae, is represented by only F. anatolica in
Turkey, while it comprises 15 species from all over the world. This relict endemic species is
distributed in a limited area extending from Mersin towards Adana and Kahramanmara�
provinces in South Anatolia. F. anatolica is under threat, mainly due to grazing pressure,
forest fire, illegal cutting and road construction. IUCN red list categories are widely accepted
global approach especially for evaluating threatened plant and animal species. In this study,
threat status of F. anatolica was assessed according to IUCN criteria and a new threat
category was recommended.
Keywords: Flueggea anatolica, IUCN, relict endemic, threat status, Turkey
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