<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sixteen endemic plant taxa were selected from Kosovo, according to the IUCN standards and for each taxon the risk assessment and threat category has been assigned. The taxa were compared with their previous status from fifteen years ago. From sixteen plant taxa, which were included in this work, four are Balkan endemics, whereas, eight of them are local endemics and four of the taxa are stenoendemics. Six of the taxa are grown exclusively on serpentine soils, five of them on limestone substrate, four of them in carbonate substrate, yet only one in silicate substrate. The work has been done based on the standard working methodologies of the IUCN (Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria – Version 8.1). The most threatened plant taxa is <italic>Solenanthus krasniqii</italic> – which after its observance has only 20 mature individuals. As a result of the wild collection of the medicinal and aromatic plants, from the local population, <italic>Sideritis scardica</italic> is about to be completely go extinct. The aim of this study was to assess the state of endemics in the threats possessed to them during the previous times, present and predicting the trends for the upcoming years.</p></abstract>

Sixteen endemic plant taxa were selected from Kosovo, according to the IUCN standards and for each taxon the risk assessment and threat category has been assigned. The taxa were compared with their previous status from fifteen years ago. From sixteen plant taxa, which were included in this work, four are Balkan endemics, whereas, eight of them are local endemics and four of the taxa are stenoendemics. Six of the taxa are grown exclusively on serpentine soils, five of them on limestone substrate, four of them in carbonate substrate, yet only one in silicate substrate. The work has been done based on the standard working methodologies of the IUCN (Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria – Version 8.1). The most threatened plant taxa is Solenanthus krasniqii – which after its observance has only 20 mature individuals. As a result of the wild collection of the medicinal and aromatic plants, from the local population, Sideritis scardica is about to be completely go extinct. The aim of this study was to assess the state of endemics in the threats possessed to them during the previous times, present and predicting the trends for the upcoming years.

Conservation assessment of the endemic plants from Kosovo

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Prishtina, St. “Nëna Terezë” n.n., 10 000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.

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Sixteen endemic plant taxa were selected from Kosovo, according to the IUCN standards and for each taxon the risk assessment and threat category has been...

Conservation assessment of the endemic plants from Kosovo

Published Online: Dec 08, 2016

Page range: 35 - 47

Received: Jun 02, 2016

Accepted: Jul 21, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0024

Keywords
Endemism, Kosovo, conservation, IUCN, endangered species

© 2017 Fadil Millaku et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Conservation assessment of the endemic plants from Kosovo

Published Online: Dec 08, 2016

Page range: 35 - 47

Received: Jun 02, 2016

Accepted: Jul 21, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0024

KeywordsEndemism, Kosovo, conservation, IUCN, endangered species

© 2017 Fadil Millaku et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Endemism, Kosovo, conservation, IUCN, endangered species