NEW CHOROLOGICAL DATA OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF BULGARIA

D. Dimitrov, V. Vutov

Abstract: The territory of Bulgaria consists of 20 floristic regions. Partial revision of 14 floristic regions was conducted. 39 species from the Bulgarian flora were found. New for the floristic regions: Struma valley-1 species, Western Stara Planina Mt-6, Eastern Stara Planina Mt-2, Western Predbalkan-5, Eastern Predbalkan-2, Southern Black Sea Coast-1, Sofa region-1, Vitosha region-4, Northern Pirin-3, Rila-1, Western Rodopi-1, Middle Rodopi-1, Western Sredna Gora-10 and Western border mountains-1. The Balkan endemics are four species: Seseli peucedanoides (M. Bieb.) Kos.-Pol, Anthemis rumelica (Vel.) Stoj & Acht., Minuartia bosniaca (G. Beck) K.Maly and Galium rigidifolium Krendl. Protected species for Bulgaria is Anthemis rumelica (Velen.) Stoj & Acht. Two alien species are Impatiens glandulufera royle. and Phytolacca americana L.

Keywords: alien species; Balkan endemic; protected species; flora; floristic regions

Date published: 2017-09-13