<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Flora of the southern part of Kosovo has previously been studied in a limited way due to the difficult terrain and the fact that up to the 1990s it was a military area. In this paper we report <italic>Galanthus elwesii</italic> Hook for the first time from Kosovo. This species is found in different habitats, mainly in siliceous substrate or wet meadows of the Dragash Municipality, South Kosovo. This species was collected in the Vraça Mountains, near Restelica, (part of National Park ‘Sharri’) on the road leading to the border with Macedonia. The study area consists of territories belonging to the phytogeographic system Skardon-Pindik (Sharri-Pindi) and includes the mountain ranges of Sharri. This research comprises the presence, description, spread and mapping of the species.</p></abstract>

Flora of the southern part of Kosovo has previously been studied in a limited way due to the difficult terrain and the fact that up to the 1990s it was a military area. In this paper we report Galanthus elwesii Hook for the first time from Kosovo. This species is found in different habitats, mainly in siliceous substrate or wet meadows of the Dragash Municipality, South Kosovo. This species was collected in the Vraça Mountains, near Restelica, (part of National Park ‘Sharri’) on the road leading to the border with Macedonia. The study area consists of territories belonging to the phytogeographic system Skardon-Pindik (Sharri-Pindi) and includes the mountain ranges of Sharri. This research comprises the presence, description, spread and mapping of the species.

<italic>Galanthus elwesii</italic> Hook (Amaryllidaceae) in the flora of Kosovo

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 Hook (Amaryllidaceae) in the flora of Kosovo

Flora of the southern part of Kosovo has previously been studied in a limited way due to the difficult terrain and the fact that up to the 1990s it was a...

Galanthus elwesii Hook (Amaryllidaceae) in the flora of Kosovo

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 137 - 142

Received: May 08, 2018

Accepted: Nov 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0012

Keywords
distribution, Kosovo, Sharri Mts., first record, Vraça

© 2019 Zeqir Hashani et al., published by Sciendo

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Galanthus elwesii Hook (Amaryllidaceae) in the flora of Kosovo

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 137 - 142

Received: May 08, 2018

Accepted: Nov 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0012

Keywordsdistribution, Kosovo, Sharri Mts., first record, Vraça

© 2019 Zeqir Hashani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
distribution, Kosovo, Sharri Mts., first record, Vraça