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Analysis of the CentraI European and Mediterranean orophytic element on the mountains of the W. and CentraI Balkan Peninsula, with special reference to endemics
Analysis of the CentraI European and Mediterranean orophytic element on the mountains of the W. and CentraI Balkan Peninsula, with special reference to endemics
The distribution of 1350 vaseular orophytes of the W. & Centrai Balkans was analysed. Eaeh speeies is attributed to one of the three basie ehorologieal groups (Eurasian, Centrai S. European to W. Asian, and Centrai S. European) and eight subgroups, on the basis of its distribution or, in the ease of endemie s, of the distribution of its c10sest relative. The analysis of the total orophytie flora (exeluding the aretie-alpine and boreal speeies) results in the establishment of the boundary between alpine-high-nordie and oromediterranean floristie regions, and of transitional zones between them, in the mountains of the W. & Centrai Balkans.
