Natura Croatica

Alan Budisavljević, Sanja Kovačić

Professional paper

Alan Budisavljević Botanical Garden, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Kovačić Botanical Garden, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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The current plant recording system of the Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science is a system stuck in time with a faded historical background. Intensive archival research was conducted to reconstruct and review the entire history of the plant recording system in the Garden and the data available in it. This way the organizational history is preserved for future generations and the knowledge and data collected for this article, will facilitate the Garden’s plant recording system moving into the 21st century.

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archive, database, organizational study, historic plant collections

Vanja Stamenković, Sanja Kovačić

Professional paper

Vanja Stamenković Botanical Garden, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Kovačić Botanical Garden, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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In this paper, the plant lists of the woody and herbaceous members of Paeoniaceae and Hypericaceae families, grown in Zagreb Botanical Garden of the Faculty of Science since 1892 until 2020, are studied. Synonymy, nomenclature and origin of plant material were sorted. Lists of species grown in the last 128 years have been constructed to show that during that period at least 50 taxa of woody and herbaceous wild and cultivated peonies (Paeonia spp.) and 44 St. John’s worts (Hypericum spp.) inhabited the Garden’s collections. Today we have 46 Paeonia species, cultivars and hybrids, and 14 Hypericum species, cultivars and hybrids.

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Zagreb Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, historic plant collections, Paeonia collecti- on, Hypericum collection

Valentina Dorić, Miran Koh, Zlatko Mihaljević

Short communication

Valentina Dorić Eko-monitoring Ltd., Kučanska 15, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia
Miran Koh Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Zlatko Mihaljević Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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The species Nubensia nubens (Edwards, 1929) from the dipteran family Chironomidae has been recorded for the first time in Croatian chironomid fauna. It was found in the littoral of the oligotrophic Lake Vrana on the island of Cres. The species is known from Italy, Albania and the Republic of Northern Macedonia as well as western Europe, the Czech Republic and the Pyrenees. Lake Vrana is currently the only known habitat of this species in Croatia.

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Nubensia genus, new species, chironomid larvae, Adriatic island lake

Donard Geci, Milaim Musliu, Astrit Bilalli, Halil Ibrahimi

Short communication

Donard Geci Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Mother Theresa p.n., 10 000 Prishtinë, Republic of Kosovo
Milaim Musliu University of Peja “Haxhi Zeka”, Faculty of Agribusiness, Street “UÇK” 30000 Pejë, Republic of Kosovo
Astrit Bilalli University of Peja “Haxhi Zeka”, Faculty of Agribusiness, Street “UÇK” 30000 Pejë, Republic of Kosovo
Halil Ibrahimi Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, “Eqrem Qabej” p.n., 10 000 Prishtinë, Kosovo

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In this contribution, we report new records of the invasive moth Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) from Albania and Kosovo. Previously, it has been reported from all over the European continent, including all Balkan countries. During this investigation it has been observed at two sites in Albania, located in Kukës and Kavajë municipalities. From Kosovo we report four new sites where this species was observed, belonging to Klinë, Pejë and Prishtinë municipalities.

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Balkan Peninsula, Box tree moth, invasive species, Buxus

Danijela Gumhalter, Mladen Kučinić

Original scientific paper

Danijela Gumhalter Azuritweg 2, D-70619 Stuttgart, Germany
Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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All specimens were collected by the second author in the 1990s. These findings reconfirm the presence of C. acutangulellus in the fauna of Croatia and provide evidence that this species is still present on Mt Biokovo.

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Catoptria acutangulellus, Pyraloidea, Biokovo, Croatia, fauna, collections, CNHM

Zdravko Dolenec

Original scientific paper

Zdravko Dolenec Mokrice 132, HR-49243 Oroslavje, Croatia

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In this article I shall present data on the characteristics of the eggs of the Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla, collected in north-western Croatia during the period from 1985 to 2018 using wood nestboxes. Nestboxes were primarily installed for investigation of Passerine bird species (tits Parus sp., tree sparrow Passer montanus and nuthatch Sitta europaea), but approximately one out of a hundred nestboxes per year was occupied by the Eurasian wryneck. In this study, 34 clutches in total were sampled during the first nesting in the study period, after all eggs had been laid. In this paper, oological data of the Eurasian wryneck in the south-eastern Europe area are presented for the first time. It is worth noting, however, that such data are scarce for the whole of Europe. Average number of eggs per clutch was 8.1 (from 6 to 10). Egg length ranged from 17.7 to 21.9 mm (mean = 20.1 mm), egg breadth from 14.2 to 15.9 mm (mean = 15.1 mm), egg volume from 1856.4 to 2668.9 mm³ (mean = 2347.5 mm³) and elongation index from 1.19 to 1.43 (mean = 1.33). Correlation between egg breadth and egg length was significantly positive. Relationship between egg volume and clutch size was not significant.

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Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla, clutch size, egg dimension, NW Croatia

Marija Martinović, Nikolina Valjak, Vedran Šegota, Paolo Bartolić, Elizabeta Jakovac, Petra Stić, Katarina Hušnjak Malovec

Original scientific paper

Marija Martinović Nikole Kramarića 2, 10408 Velika Mlaka, Croatia
Nikolina Valjak Vatrogasna 19, 10380 Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
Vedran Šegota ZA and ZAHO, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Paolo Bartolić Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague, Czech Republic
Elizabeta Jakovac Gimnazija Gaudeamus - Prva privatna srednja škola u Osijeku, Školska 6, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Petra Stić Gruška 22, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katarina Hušnjak Malovec Public Institution Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature Park, Slani Dol 1, 10430 Samobor, Croatia

Abstract

Vascular flora of the 2.5 km long circular Okićnica educational trail in Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature Park contains 287 species and subspecies, with Fabaceae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae the most abundant families. The domination of Eurasiatic and Central European floral elements reflects the phyto-geographical position of the area; however, the presence of Illyricoid plants of mesophylous forests on the NW border of Dinarides is what makes the flora unique. The most common life forms (hemicryptophytes, phanerophytes and geophytes) are the result of a moderate climate and the dominant forest vegetation. Six vulnerable, five near threatened, ten strictly protected, two endemic and nine invasive taxa were recorded along the trail. Our results contribute to the knowledge on the flora of the Nature Park and can be used in the future design of an educational botanical trail.

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biodiversity, Illyrian chorotype, NW Dinarides, Okić

Tihana Vilović, Vedran Šegota, Kristina Bilić, Toni Nikolić

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Tihana Vilović Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Schrottova 39, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Šegota ZA and ZAHO, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Kristina Bilić Independent Researcher, Velika Gorica, Croatia
Toni Nikolić University of Zagreb, Department of Biology, Marulićev trg 9a/II, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Herbarium collections are the most reliable source of historical data available with respect to alien plants. A review of the ZA and ZAHO herbarium collections revealed the presence of as many as 1,152 specimens of invasive alien plant species (IAS), belonging to 70 plant taxa. The extent of sampling invasive taxa was not constant over time; a high 67% of the collection has been collected since the Second World War, with the collection peaking between 1900 and 1920, between 1960 and 1970 and in the years after 2010. Herbarium records of 17 taxa revealed that they first appeared in Croatia much earlier than was known from the literature so far. In order to enhance its public availability, the collection of IAS studied has been digitised and published in the virtual herbarium.

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botanical collections, digitisation, Flora Croatica Database, IAS, invasion, virtual herbarium

Mladen Kučinić, Anđela Ćukušić, Sanja Žalac, Antun Delić, Darko Cerjanec, Martina Podnar, Renata Ćuk, Ivan Vučković, Ana Previšić, Marijana Vuković, Svjetlana Stanić Koštroman, Višnja Bukvić, Ana Šalinović, Mladen Plantak

Original scientific paper

Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Anđela Ćukušić Ministry of Environment and Energy, Radnička cesta 80/7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Žalac ZSC ”Dr. Ivo Pevalek”, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Josipa Jovića 19, 53231 Plitvička jezera, Croatia
Antun Delić Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 3, 43290 Grubišno Polje, Croatia
Darko Cerjanec Barilović Primary school, Barilović 96, 47252 Barilović, Croatia
Martina Podnar Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Renata Ćuk Hrvatske vode, Central Water Management Laboratory, Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Vučković Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Previšić ; Department of Biology (*Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Vuković Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Svjetlana Stanić Koštroman Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, Matice hrvatske, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Višnja Bukvić Sveučilište Hercegovina, Fakultet društvenih znanosti dr. Milenka Brkića, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Ana Šalinović Postelska ulica 10, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Mladen Plantak Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental Protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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The paper provides the results of DNA barcoding based on the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial gene (mtCOI) of 110 Trichoptera specimens collected in 36 springs in the PannonianPeripannonian, central mountainous and Mediterranean part of Croatia. We barcoded 70 species from 32 genera and 15 families. The data obtained show interesting faunistic and taxonomic results, for, for example, the species Rhyacophila cabrankensis, R. balcanica, Crunoecia kempnyi, Allogmaus auricollis and emphasize the need for further faunistic research into springs, in their role as habitats with a specific and very interesting fauna. The mtCOI DNA barcoding should be included in such research, because it would enable better presentation of the results, especially regarding biodiversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and conservation biology, not just as a segment of a local but also of a global process of understanding biodiversity in a different way. The results of this study show a global need for the protection of springs, because they are specific not only as habitats, but also as localities with an interesting fauna and often endemic species of very limited distribution (for example Rhyacophila cabrankensis).

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upper stream reaches, caddisflies, biodiversity, molecular methods, Rhyacophila cabra- kenensis 74

Jelena Kovačević, Tomislav Bučanović, Stjepan Krčmar

Original scientific paper

Jelena Kovačević Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Tomislav Bučanović Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Stjepan Krčmar Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-3100 Osijek, Croatia

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A faunistic study of hard ticks was conducted from February 2019 to August 2019 in seven different habitats in the city of Osijek. In all, 664 specimens were collected and classified into 2 species and 2 genera. Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) is the most abundant species in the studied area with 493 specimens, followed by Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, 1844 with 171 specimens collected. The largest number of ticks was collected in July, in the larval stage. Statistically significant differences were observed in the number of specimens with respect to different habitat types and sampling months (p <0.05). The data collected constitute a pilot study of the hard tick population in the city of Osijek, the largest city in eastern Croatia, which is characterized by the largest number of green spaces and parks in Croatia.

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hard ticks, Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna, Osijek, Croatia

Marta Justić, Marija Bučar, Petra Vizec, Ana Vukres, Vedran Šegota, Nina Vuković

Original scientific paper

Marta Justić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Bučar Divison of Botany, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Vizec University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Vukres University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vedran Šegota ZA and ZAHO, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Nina Vuković ZA and ZAHO, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia

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In Croatia, Cypripedium calceolus L. is an orchid species that is endangered and strictly protected . Most of the findings in Croatia have been made in Mt. Velebit and the Lika region: however, most of the recorded findings are very old, and have not been confirmed in recent times. This paper presents a detailed analysis of all published records of this species in Croatia. Additionally, one new locality of the species was found near Delnice in summer 2019, the second finding of the species in Gorski Kotar, where it was recorded and collected as long as 126 years ago. This is an important finding that confirms the existence of this extremely rare species in Gorski Kotar and Croatia.

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Delnice, flora, IUCN, Orchidaceae

Toni Koren

Original scientific paper

Toni Koren Association Hyla, Lipovac I 7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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The paper gives the first overview of the moth fauna of Medvednica Nature Park, one that is based on the literature data and recent surveys carried out in the period from 2015 to 2019. The literature overview confirms the presence of 69 moth species recorded within the borders of the Nature Park. The survey recorded a total of 437 moth species in the area, 388 of them for the first time. In all, 455 species are now confirmed for Medvednica Nature Park. One Tortricidae species, Phtheochroa annae, is new for the fauna of Croatia. The area of Medvednica Nature Park can be now considered as one of the best explored Nature parks in Croatia, with the first checklist of its moth fauna. In most of the visited sites across Medvednica, habitat conditions are still favorable for the short-term survival of most species, but the overgrowing of meadows and forest edges, as well as intensive mowing of meadows, may dramatically worsen this situation during the next decades. Further moth surveys in this protected area would therefore be advisable.

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Zagreb, diversity, distribution, conservation, protected area

Astrit Bilalli, Milaim Musliu, Halil Ibrahimi, Ignac Sivec

Original scientific paper

Astrit Bilalli University of Peja “Haxhi Zeka”, Faculty of Agribusiness, Street “UÇK” 30000 Pejë, Republic of Kosovo
Milaim Musliu University of Peja “Haxhi Zeka”, Faculty of Agribusiness, Street “UÇK” 30000 Pejë, Republic of Kosovo
Halil Ibrahimi Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, “Eqrem Qabej” p.n., 10 000 Prishtinë, Kosovo
Ignac Sivec Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Presernova 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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We sporadically collected stoneflies on Berisha Mountain in Kosovo during 2017 and 2018. During this investigation we found 12 species belonging to the following families: Leuctridae, Nemouridae and Perlidae. Five species were recorded for the first time from Kosovo: Nemoura anas, N. asceta, N. peristeri, N. vinconi and Protonemura beaumonti. This work contributes to the knowledge of the stonefly fauna of Kosovo and highlights it as one of the least explored countries in Europe.

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Plecoptera, new records, Kosovo, Nemoura anas, N. asceta, N. peristeri, N. vinconi, Proto- nemura beaumonti

Nenad Jasprica, Milenko Milović

Original scientific paper

Nenad Jasprica University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, Kneza Damjana Jude 12, HR-20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Milenko Milović Antun Vrančić Grammar School, Put Gimnazije St. 64, HR-22000 Šibenik, Croatia

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The flora of the cobbled streets and pavements in the Old City of Dubrovnik, South Croatia, was studied in unusual circumstances with lack of trampling due to the Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020. The features of the ﬂora through analyses of taxonomic composition, life forms, chorotypes and the phytosociological character of species found at eight sites in Dubrovnik Old City and along a transect line on the main street (Stradun) are reported. Altogether, 57 plant species and three subspecies were found. Therophytes, Cosmopolitans and taxa from the Papaveretea rhoeadis and Chenopodietea prevailed. The study highlights the importance of the investigation of both flora and vegetation within Dubrovnik’s city historical centre.

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eastern Adriatic, floristic survey, man-made habitats, Mediterranean, taxonomy

Sandro Bogdanović, Draško Holcer, Nataša Janev Holcer, Lulëzim Shuka

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Sandro Bogdanović University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Botany, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Draško Holcer Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Janev Holcer Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Rockefellerova 7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Lulëzim Shuka Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bld. ZOG I, Tirana, Albania

Abstract

The occurrence of Helianthemum jonium Lacaita & Grosser ex Bég. in Fiori & Bég. (Cistacaeae) is reported and documented here for the first time in Croatia and Montenegro, and it is confirmed in the Albanian flora after 80 years. The species grows on sandy soils within maquis and garrigue communities in four Adriatic islands: Vis, Biševo, Hvar and Lopud, and within psammophilous vegetation near Ulcinj in Montenegro and in Hamallaj, north of Durrës in Albania. The morphological relationship with the allied H. leptophyllum Dunal and H. apenninum (L.) Mill. is here briefly discussed. Remarks about its taxonomy, lectotypification, habitat and ecology in the Adriatic region are also provided. The species H. jonium was previously known only from the Apennine Peninsula; hence these new eastern Adriatic records extend its distribution area to the east, and it can therefore be considered an amphi-Adriatic endemic element.

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amphi-Adriatic, endemic species, flora, Helianthemum, lectotypification

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