Tuexenia 38: 371–384. Göttingen 2018. doi: 10.14471/2018.38.015, available online at www.zobodat.at Distribution and seed production of the rare, dry grassland specialist Sternbergia colchiciflora (Amaryllidaceae) in Pannonian cemeteries Verbreitung und Samenproduktion des seltenen Trockenrasenspezialisten Sternbergia colchiciflora (Amaryllidaceae) auf pannonischen Friedhöfen Attila Molnár V.1, *, András Mészáros2, András István Csathó3, Gábor Balogh3, Attila Takács1, 4, Viktor Löki1, Ádám Lovas-Kiss1, Jácint Tökölyi5, 6 6 Lajos Somlyay & Norbert Bauer 1Department of Botany, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; 2Balaton- Upland National Park Directorate, Kossuth u. 16, 8229 Csopak, Hungary; 3Körös-Maros National Park Directorate, Anna-liget 1, 5540 Szarvas, Hungary; 4MTA-DE „Lendület” Evolutionary Phylo- genomics Research Group, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; 5MTA-DE Behavioural Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; 6Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Pf. 137, 1431 Budapest, Hungary; *Corresponding author, e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Despite huge habitat losses caused by agricultural intensification, dry grasslands still represent one of the most diverse ecosystems in Europe. Their highly fragmented remnants are often preserved in man-made or human-influenced habitats (e.g., kurgans, roadside verges or cemeteries). In recent dec- ades the significance of cemeteries as suitable habitats for preserving native and rare species has been repeatedly emphasized. However, the effect of modern management practices on long-term persistence of grassland species has remained largely unexplored. Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. & Kit. is one of the very few threatened dry grassland specialists whose occurrence in the cemeteries of the Panno- nian Basin has been known for more than a century.