Centaurea galicicae Micevski, 1985

Shuka, Lulezim & Tan, Kit, 2013, New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 1014-1014 : 1014

Centaurea galicicae Micevski, 1985

Asteraceae

Centaurea galicicae Micevski in Acta Botanica Croatica 44:83 (1985). Fig. 3

Centaurea galicicae Type:― [F.Y.R. MACEDONIA] Mt Galičica, in rupestribus calcareis inter pagum Stenje et Konjsko, 20 June 1980, Micevski (holotype SKO!).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5426; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Calcareous rocky cliffs of the Gollomboçi Peninsula in Lake Megali Prespa, 7-15 m above the lake shore; verbatimElevation: 855 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°51'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°57'E; Event: eventDate: 13 July 2011; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR!

Ecology

Phenology

Flowering in June to early July, fruiting from mid-July to August.

Habitat

The new locality in Albania is further south than the type locality in F.Y.R. Macedonia but habitat and altitude are similar. The limestone slopes of the peninsula were covered with Cephalaria ambrosioides , Centaurea soskae , Centaurea graeca var. ceccariniana, Ephedra fragilis , Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii, Lilium chalcedonicum , Micromeria juliana , Satureja montana , Sedum acre and Umbilicus luteus . Less than 50 individuals of the Centaurea were noted but they are not threatened by grazing or human activities. ― Rare, new for Albania.

Distribution

Previously known only from the type locality.