NEW LOCALITY OF CIRSIUM CANDELABRUM GRISEB., (ASTERACEAE) IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA
Agim HAZIRI
Abstract
Cirsium candelabrum Griseb., (Asteraceae) belongs to the group of Balkan endemic, with a wider distribution on the Balkan Peninsula. It was found for the first time in the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia by Grisebach, in 1839, in Shar Mountain, near Tetovo. As a result of continuous research, first by foreign authors and later by local authors, today several localities of the spread of this species are known, primarily in the western part of the country (Debar, Kičevo) and more sporadically in the eastern part of the country and the Skopje basin, in some localities of the Polog region, in Vodno, in Osogovo, etc. During my floristic research in the northwestern region of North Macedonia, another new locality of Cirsium candelabrum Griseb., was discovered, which represents a new record of the distribution of this species in the flora Republic of North Macedonia. Examine specimens: near the mountain road, on the right side of the main road, about 1.14 km before the mountain village of Galichnik, on the slopes of Mount Bistra, in the locality known as Bogdanec: 1537 m, 41 º 35 ' 24 ″ N, 20 º 40 ' 32 ″E, August 2023.
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39 - 42