Endemic taxa of vascular plants in the Polish Carpathians

Halina Piękoś-Mirkowa, Zbigniew Mirek

Abstract


The Carpathians, particularly their highest massif, the Tatra Mountains, exhibit the greatest richness of endemics in Poland. The present paper is a critical recapitulation of existing knowledge of endemism among the vascular plants of the Polish part of the Carpathians. It comprises a list of all 110 taxa (49 species, 26 microspecies of the genus Alchemilla and 35 conspicuous subspecies) that can be considered Carpathian endemics or subendemics. Their distribution, vertical ranges and habitats are characterized.

Keywords


vascular plants; endemic taxa; classification of endemics; Polish Carpathians

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2003.031

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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