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The aim of this study was to select a list of Mediterranean taxa (sensu stricto) from the vascular flora of Romania as well as to reveal the vegetation types in which these species occur and the community types in which they are dominant. A total of 139 Mediterranean taxa were selected, of which 121 were recorded in phytosociological releves and 18 were considered as subspontaneous i.e., escaped cultivation. The relatively high proportion (up to almost 9%) of Mediterranean taxa in the flora of some regions of Romania suggests the potential role of calcareous, open habitats in their establishment. Most community types that host Mediterranean species were described in Dobrogea (the Black Sea coast included), the Danube Plain and adjacent calcareous mountains, a pattern suggesting that the dispersal of these plants followed the Illyric route and then the fluvial corridors across the south Carpathians.