New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park
Author
Shuka, Lulezim
Author
Tan, Kit
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2013
1
1014
1014
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e1014
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e1014
1314-2828--1014
Stachys plumosa Griseb., 1844
Lamiaceae
Stachy plumosa
Griseb., Spicilegium Florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae 2(4):139 (1844). Fig. 12
Stachys plumosa
Type:― [F.Y.R. MACEDONIA] inter Komanova et Strazin (substr. trachyt.), Friedrichsthal 447 (GOET).
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Shuka
; Location: country:
Albania
; verbatimLocality: Prespa area, near the village Cerja and to the NW of Kapshtica village; verbatimElevation:
1170 m
; verbatimLatitude:
40°37'N
; verbatimLongitude:
21°01'E
; Event: eventDate:
6 July 2012
; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Shuka
; Location: country:
Albania
; verbatimLocality: near Zagradeci village, Lake Mikri Prespa; verbatimElevation:
880 m
; verbatimLatitude:
40°51'N
; verbatimLongitude:
20°57'E
; Event: eventDate:
13 July 2011
; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5587; recordedBy:
Shuka
; Location: country:
Albania
; verbatimLocality: northwestern slopes of Ivani Mt; verbatimElevation:
1233 m
; verbatimLatitude:
40°44'N
; verbatimLongitude:
20°53'E
; Event: eventDate:
6 July 2011
; Record Level: institutionCode:
TIR!
Ecology
Phenology
Flowering at the end of May till mid-June, fruiting in June and July.
Habitat
Stachys plumosa
was observed for the first time in Albania near a spring in a serpentine area near the village Zagradeci at Mikri Prespa. It occurs at altitudes between 880 and 1350 m, in dry pastures and rocky places in association with
Alkanna pindicola
,
Buxus sempervirens
,
Comandra umbellata subsp. elegans
,
Convolvulus elegantissimus
,
Dianthus haematocalyx subsp. pindicola
,
Erodium guicciardii
,
Fraxinus ornus
,
Haplophyllum boissieranum
,
Helichrysum plicatum
,
Hyssopus officinalis
and
Ostrya carpinifolia
. It was also recently recorded in clearings of
Carpinus
and
Buxus
on the limestone slopes of Ivani Mt and near Kapshtica village, close to the border with Greece. ― New for Albania.
Distribution
Stachys plumosa
has not yet been reported from Albanian territory, although known from the F.Y.R. Macedonia and Greek parts of the PIP. It is a Balkan endemic with a wide distribution on mainland Greece (northern Greece to S Pindos), W Bulgaria and F.Y.R. Macedonia.