Biologia 64/6: 1095—1099, 2009 Section Botany DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0182-8
Cardamine amara (Brassicaceae) in Serbia and Republic of Macedonia
Gordana Tomovic´1,DmitarLakušic´1,VladimirRanđelovic´2 & Karol Marhold3,4
1Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia ([email protected] – author for correspondence; [email protected]) 2Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia ([email protected]) 3Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 14,SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic ([email protected]) 4Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská 2,CZ-128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Abstract: Distribution data on Cardamine amara L. in Serbia and Republic of Macedonia are presented, together with a short review of the history of taxonomic treatment of C. amara in this area. C. amara subsp. balcanica Marhold, Ančev & Kit Tan is reported as a new taxon both for the flora of Serbia and flora of Republic of Macedonia and the occurrence of C. amara subsp. amara in Serbia was confirmed. Key words: Brassicaceae; Cardamine amara; taxonomy; Republic of Macedonia; Serbia
Introduction data on C. amara in Serbia and Republic of Macedonia together with a short review of the history of taxonomic Cardamine amara L. is a species which shows a consid- treatment of this species in the studied area. erable amount of morphological and karyological vari- The first record on C. amara for the territory of ability. According to the most recent studies (Jalas & Serbia was by Panči´c (1856: 508, as C. amara var. Suominen 1994; Marhold 1998; Marhold et al. 1996; hirta W. D. J. Koch), who reported it as occurring on Lihová et al. 2000; Tan 2002; Perný et al. 2005) it is Mt. Kopaonik. In “Flora Principatus Serbiae”, Panči´c divided in Europe into four diploid and one tetraploid (1874: 139) mentioned that this plant grew in the moun- subspecies. Diploids include C. amara subsp. amara dis- tains and he also stated that the whole plant was tributed throughout most of Europe except its most densely hairy. Later, Panči´c (1883: 175) and Velenovský northern parts (Jalas & Suominen 1994) and south- (1891: 29) reported this species from the locality Ko- wards extending to N Italy and Stara planina Mts pren in the Stara planina Mts. Hayek (1925: 392–393) in Bulgaria (Marhold et al. 1996); C. amara subsp. referred to two taxa, namely C. amara β [var.] hirta opicii (J. Presl & C. Presl) Čelak. distributed in the Wimm. & Grab. and C. barbaraeoides Halácsy for the Sudety Mts and Carpathians (Hrouda & Marhold 1993; territory of Serbia. Jovanovi´c-Dunji´c (1972: 247–250), Marhold 1995); C. amara subsp. pyrenaea Sennen re- following Hayek’s statement, also reported two species stricted to the Eastern Pyrenees (Lihová et al. 2000); for Serbia: C. amara L. (including two formas f. amara and finally, C. amara subsp. balcanica Marhold, Ančev and f. hirta “Wimm. & Grab.”) and C. barbaraeoides & Kit Tan described only recently from the Pirin Mts. Halácsy. According to her, C. amara f. amara is dis- in Bulgaria, and recorded also in several other locali- tributed on Mt. Kopaonik and in the Stara planina Mts. ties in Bulgaria and Greece (Marhold et al. 1996). The (Kopren, Krvave Bare ponds, Midžor), while f. hirta only tetraploid subspecies C. amara subsp. austriaca is present in Vlasina plateau; C. barbaraeoides was re- Marhold (Marhold 1999) is distributed mainly in the ported to grow in the mountains in Serbia proper, as Eastern Alps in Austria, extending to the neighbour- well as in Kosovo province, but considered to be a rare ing areas of Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, plant. Slovenia, Croatia and Italy. A closely related tetraploid Micevski (1995: 623–624) mentioned only C. bar- species, C. amporitana Sennen & Pau (previously baraeoides for the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. treated mostly as C. amara subsp. olotensis O. Bolós) He considered C. amara as absent from this territory, has a disjunct distribution, and occurs in Catalonia (NE and data of its occurrence from Mt. Osogovo (Carev Spain) and Central Italy (Lihová et al. 2000, 2004). Vrv) and Gostivarsko treated as erroneous (Micevski The aim of this paper is to present distribution 1995: 630).