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Pteridophyte flora of Lesvos (East Aegean Islands. Greece)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

I. Bazos  and
A. Yannitsaros
I. Bazos
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematic Botany, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Department of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15784, Athens, Greece.
A. Yannitsaros
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematic Botany, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Department of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15784, Athens, Greece.
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Abstract

New data on the Pteridophyta of Lesvos (East Aegean Islands, Greece) contributing to the knowledge of their distribution and ecology are given. The presence of 24 taxa (species and subspecies) belonging to 16 genera and 7 families is confirmed whilst the occurrence of 4 more previously recorded is considered as doubtful or needs more recent confirmation. Isoetes duriei Bory, Pilularia minuta Durieu and Polystichum setiferum (Forsskål) Woynar appear to be new records for the East Aegean Islands, and Isoetes histrix Bory is new for the island of Lesvos. Furthermore the presence on Lesvos of some rare species (i.e. Notholaena marantae (L.) Desv. and Ophioglossum vulgatum L.) is confirmed. Critical comments on most of the taxa are made and dot maps of their distributions are presented. With regard to the rare species and their habitats, a need for urgent conservation measures is identified.

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Fern distributionfern ecologyphytogeographyspecies protection
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 1999 , pp. 421 - 448
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1999

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