Edraianthus horvatii Lakusic, 1973

Shuka, Lulezim & Tan, Kit, 2013, New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 1014-1014 : 1014

Edraianthus horvatii Lakusic, 1973

Campanulaceae

Edraianthus horvatii Lakušić in Godišnjak Biološkog Instituta Univerziteta u Sarajevu 26:44 (1973). Fig. 9

Edraianthus horvatii Type:― [F.Y.R. MACEDONIA] Galičica, inter 1600 et 2000 m.s.m., solo calcareo, R. Lakušić (holotype IBUS).

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Dry Mt, Maja e Ballamaqit; verbatimElevation: 1983 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°47'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°52'E; Event: eventDate: 16 June 2007; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Dieterich & Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Buza e Koritës peak; verbatimElevation: 1860 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°47'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°51'E; Event: eventDate: 10 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Dieterich & Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Pllaja e Pusit (near border); verbatimElevation: 2200 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°52'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°50'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Dieterich & Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Kurrizi i Oçait, Dry Mt; verbatimElevation: 2169 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°52'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°50'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5743; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Bear Cave, Dry Mt; verbatimElevation: 1950 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°54'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°50'E; Event: eventDate: 8 July 2011; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR!

Ecology

Phenology

Flowering mid-June to mid-July, depending on altitude and exposition.

Habitat

Rock crevices and ledges of calcareous cliffs in subalpine and alpine zone. Often together with Arabis bryoides , Asperula doerfleri , Coeloglossum viride , Oxytropis dinarica , Oxytropis purpurea , Saxifraga spp., Sempervivum ciliosum , Sideritis raeseri , Thlaspi bellidifolium and Viola eximia . ― New for Albania.

Distribution

This species was previously thought to be a local endemic of Galičica Mt in F.Y.R. Macedonia. It has since been found on Mt Jablanica (a limestone massif east of Mt Shebeniku near the border with southwestern F.Y.R. Macedonia) and Mt Boutsi in northern Greece. It probably occurs on other limestone mountains, e.g., a collection from the summit of Mt Cajupi near Gjirokaster in southern Albania has yet to be verified. We now confirm its occurrence in Albania based on collections first made in 2007 from the central part of Dry Mt, and in 2011 from other localities on the mountain ridge. The localities in Albania adjoin those in F.Y.R. Macedonia.