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Resurrection of a regionally extinct taxon in Croatia – the case of Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link (Poaceae)
- Source :
- Acta Botanica Croatica, Volume 77, Issue 2
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 2018.
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Abstract
- A regionally extinct taxon, Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link subsp. arundinacea H. Lindb., has been rediscovered in the Croatian flora after 78 years. Previously it was known only from two coastal sand dune sites in Northern Dalmatia. The habitat at the locality of Crnika near Lopar on the northern Adriatic island of Rab is destroyed and A. arenaria subsp. arundinacea does not grow there anymore. At the second locality, on the sand dunes of Kraljičina plaža in the vicinity of the town of Nin, A. arenaria subsp. arundinacea was rediscovered and confirmed after 174 years. This is the only population of this taxon in Croatia, counting 48 mature individuals where the psammophylous habitat of Kraljičina plaža is under strong anthropogenic influence. This taxon is now classified as critically endangered (CR) and merits adequate active protection and conservation of its psammophylous habitat.
- Subjects :
- Ammophila
conservation
extinction
Nin
psammophytes
rare species
0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study
Flora
biology
Ecology
Rare species
Population
Plant Science
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
Sand dune stabilization
Critically endangered
Geography
Taxon
Habitat
education
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
010606 plant biology & botany
Ammophila arenaria
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18478476 and 03650588
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Botanica Croatica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....26736e2b0282dc087f66cf3928950fbe