Laserpitium ochridanum Micevski 1981

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

Laserpitium ochridanum Micevski 1981

Apiaceae

Laserpitium ochridanum Micevski in Godišen Zbornik, Biološki Fakultet Univerzitet 'Kiril i Metodij’, Skopje 34:26 (1981). Fig. 2

Laserpitium ochridanum Type:― [F.Y.R. MACEDONIA] Stara Galičica, in saxosis calcareis, 2010 m, 16 July 1968, Micevski (holotype SKO!).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Dieterich & Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Dry Mt, north of former military post; verbatimElevation: 1640 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°55'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°51'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Dry Mt, eastern slopes above Pikina Voda; verbatimElevation: 1885-1900 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°54'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°50'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5620; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Ivani Mt; verbatimElevation: 1710 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°44'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°53'E; Event: eventDate: 18 July 2012; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR!

Ecology

Phenology

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

Habitat

Calcareous northeastern slopes of Dry and Ivani Mts, in subalpine meadows, stony places or at the border of tree line and subalpine pasture. Found in association with Achillea holosericea , Aster linosyris , Brachypodium sylvaticum , Dianthus cruentus , Dianthus carthusianorum , Iberis sempervirens , Festuca paniculata and Thymus boissieri .

Distribution

This species has been reported only from Galičica Mt. in F.Y.R. Macedonia. It has not yet been found in NW Greece.

Taxon discussion

Related to Laserpitium siler L. particularly Laserpitium siler subsp. zernyi (Hayek) Tutin from N Albania and F.Y.R. Macedonia ( Tutin 1967:31). The plant is easily distinguished by its aromatic, dissected leaves with segments 15-20 (-30) x 5-8 (-15) mm. Laserpitium siler subsp. zernyi has leaves with segments 60-90 x 10-30 mm. The populations of Laserpitium ochridanum in Dry and Ivani Mts comprise less than a hundred individuals in each locality. The discovery on Ivani Mt extends the distribution range c. 30 km south of the locus classicus. Plants on Ivani Mt are usually stemless by mid-July being bitten down by sheep and thus these populations are at risk. ― Rare, new for Albania.