GLAS. REPUBL. ZAVODA ZAT.

PRIRODE
PODGORICA, 27-28, 1994-1995 (2004), 71-75

STAEHELINA UNIFLOSCULOSA SIBTH. & SM.

(ASTERACEAE) - THE NEW BALKAN ENDEMIC SPECIES IN
THE FLORA OF MONTENEGRO*

Sead HADIABLAHOVI1

Synopsis

Genus Staehelina L. and species Staehelina uniflosculosa Sibth. & Sm. has
been found for the first time for the territory of Montenegro. Findings of this
Balkan endemic species are shown on the UTM grid of Montenegro.

Sinopsis

STAEHELINA UNIFLOSCULOSA SIBTH. & SM.

(ASTERACEAE) - NOVI BALKANSKI ENDEM U FLORI CRNE
GORE

Rod Staehelina L. i vrsta Staehelina uniflosculosa Sibth. & Sm. navode se po

prvi put za teritoriju Crne Gore. Nalazita ove endemine vrste Balkana
prikazana su na UTM mapi Crne Gore.

INTRODUCTION

According to Franco (1976: 217) the genus Staehelina L. in Europe is

presented with five species with the relatively strait distribution for all of
them. The same author (1976: 217) gives widespread of Staehelina

1
Republic Institution for the Protection of Nature, vojvode Beir-bega Osmanagia
16, P. O. Box 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, e-mail: seadh@cg.yu
*
The work is reported at the Ecological Symposium in abljak, 2001.
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uniflosculosa for South and West parts of Balkan Peninsula (Gr Al Ju).
Hayek (1927: 699), however, gives more precise data which shown that this
species, except Greece and Albania, is presented in Macedonia. Presence of
this species in Republic of Macedonia was given by Formnek, precisely,
Vandas (1909: 322) in work Reliquiae Formnekianae (loc.: Lubnica).
Also for Albania the species was cited by Baldacci (1901: 26) and Demiri
(1981: 478).
In Montenegro S. uniflosculosa has been found on two localities.
Examining the literature we did not find presence of this species in other
countries raised on the territory of former Yugoslavia.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Herbarium material of this species collected during our investigation of

the mentioned area is deposed in Republic Institution for the Protection of
Nature in Podgorica.
Known distribution of the species is shown on the UTM-grid of
Montenegro.
Data about geographical distribution for Europe were given according to
Tutin et al. (1976).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The first locality of S. uniflosculosa we find during floristic investigation

of field emovsko polje. The field emovsko polje is located South of
Podgorica in the zone of the vegetation of sub Mediterranean rocks in
Chrysopogoni-Satureion community with domination of Satureja montana.
Throughout these, almost uniform zone with domination of S. montana, run
river Cijevna in her no canyon part from the village Dinoa to the her mouth
at the river Moraa.
In no canyon part of river Cijevna, on left and right bank of the bed,
which flooded at the higher level of the water, there are not humus horizon,
but there are limestone rocks and valley where is concentrated sand appear.
Just in one such habitat on the sand alluvium we find this species (left bank
of river Cijevna, c. 30 m upward from the main bridge in the village Dinoa
near Podgorica). In that limestone-sand places dominates Genista sericea but
there are also Salvia officinalis, Satureja montana, Asperula scutellaris,
Scabiosa crenata, Satureja parviflora, Satureja juliana, Globularia
bellidifolia, Medicago prostrata, Artemisia lobelii, Allium flavum, Allium
moschatum, Paronichya kapela, Edraianthus tenuifolius, Euphorbia spinosa,
Thymus sp. etc.
It is necessary to remark that in this locality, on the completely open
habitat, we find only one shrub of S. uniflosculosa. Also, it is very interesting
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that mentioned locality is in alt. c. 50 m, although, the species S.

uniflosculosa is typic for the higher zones - mountain and subalpine.
Because the habitat of this species is typical for higher zones, in rupibus
montanis et subalpinae (Hayek 1927: 699), we hypothesized that the species
is carried from the upper circulation of the river Cijevna (river Cijevna
springs in Albania). The hypothesis was exact. The species we find in the
beginning of June 2001 in the mountain zone of Albanian part of canyon of
the river Cijevna (district Rapsha, near village Broja). On this locality, in
Albanian part of canyon, S. uniflosculosa is attend in the zone of Carpinetum
orientalis community where it is a dominant species in a degradation stadium
of this community.
The second locality of S. uniflosculosa in Montenegro we find in canyon
of Cijevna river: Zatrijeba, Stjepovo, kala Smedec, which also confirmed
our hypothesis that this species in Dinoa village carried with water from
upper altitudes. Differently of the finding in Dinoa village, where species
was presented with only one shrub, in locality kala Smedec the species S.
uniflosculosa was presented with a lot of specimens and occupied c. 30 m2.
Here, in kala Smedec, S. uniflosculosa raised in the zone of the vegetation
of sub Mediterranean rocks with domination of Salvia officinalis in altitude
of c. 600 m.
The findings of S. uniflosculosa in Montenegro represent
northwesternmost point in the area of this species.

Findings of Staehelina uniflosculosa in Montenegro:

Montenegro: Dinoa, left bank of river Cijevna, near bridge (UTM CM 69/1),
sandy place, alt. c. 50 m, 28. 8. 2000, leg. et det. S. Hadiablahovi;

Montenegro: canyon of river Cijevna, Zatrijeba, Stjepovo, kala Smedec

(UTM CM 79/1), Stipo-Salvietum officinalis, alt. c. 600 m, 1. 5. 2003, leg. S.
Hadiablahovi, V. Pulevi, V. Stevanovi, Z. Buli & M. Sabovljevi; det.
S. Hadiablahovi.

REFERENCES

Baldacci, A. (1901): Revista dela collecione botanica fatta nel 1897

nellAlbania Settentrionale. - Accad. Sci. Inst. di Bologna.
Demiri, M. (1981): Flora ekskursioniste Shqipris - Tiran: Shtpia Botuese
e Librit Shkollor.
Franco, J. do Amaral (1976): Staehelina L. - In: Tutin, T. G. & al. (ed.),
Flora Europaea 4. University Press, Cambridge.
Hayek, A. (1927): Prodromus Florae peninsulae Balcanicae. 2. Band. Dahlem
- Berlin.
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Vandas, C. (1909): Relikviae Formnekianae. Enumeratio critica plantarum

vascularum, quam itineribus in Haemo peninsula et Asia Minore
(Bithynia) factis colegit. Dr. Ed. Formnek.- Brunae [Brno]: Jos. Jelnek.

Fig. 1. Findings of Staehelina uniflosculosa Sibth. & Sm. in Montenegro.

Tab. 1. Nalazita vrste Staehelina uniflosculosa Sibth. & Sm. u Crnoj Gori.

REZIME

Rod Staehelina L. i vrsta Staehelina uniflosculosa Sibth. & Sm. navode se

po prvi put za teritoriju Crne Gore.
Prema Franco (1976: 217) rod Staehelina L. u flori Evrope predstavljen
je sa pet vrsta od kojih svaka ima relativno usko rasprostranjenje. Isti autor
1976: 217 navodi da je vrsta Staehelina uniflosculosa prisutna u junim i
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zapadnim dijelovima balkanskog poluostrva (Grka, Albanija i Jugoslavija).

Hayek (1927: 699), meutim, daje preciznije podatke iz kojih se vidi da je
ova vrsta, osim Grke i Albanije, prisutna u Republici Makedoniji. Prisustvo
ove vrste u Makedoniji zabiljeio je Formnek, odnosno, Vandas (1909: 322)
u djelu Reliquiae Formnekianae (lok.: Lubnica).
Za Albaniju ovu vrstu takoe navode Baldacci (1901: 26) i Demiri (1981:
478).
U Crnoj Gori S. uniflosculosa je naena na dva lokaliteta: 1. selo Dinoa -
lijeva obala Cijevne, blizu mosta; 2. kanjon Cijevne: Zatrijeba, Stjepovo,
kala Smedec.
Uvidom u literaturu nije konstatovano njeno prisustvo u drugim dravama
nastalim na tlu bive Jugoslavije.
Nalazita vrste S. uniflosculosa u Crnoj Gori predstavljaju
najsjeverozapadniju taku u arealu ove vrste.