Melampyrum scardicum Wettst.

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2024, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 17, Willdenowia 54 (1), pp. 5-45 : 26

Melampyrum scardicum Wettst. – Fig. 14 .

+ Gr: Greece: E Macedonia, Nomos of Drama, Mt Falakron, c. 3 km SE of Ochiro village, 41°17'N, 23°52'E, 640 m, edges of old dirt road, with Carpinus orientalis Mill. , Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. , Syringa vulgaris L., 24 Jun 2022, Vidakis (obs.); ibid., 14 Jun 2023, Vidakis & Tsiftsis (IHUF).

– Melampyrum scardicum is known from Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia ( Petrova & Vladimirov 2010). It was not reported for Greece in the previously published Vascular plants of Greece ( Dimopoulos & al. 2013, 2016). In the various Balkan countries, the species presents considerable differences in its distribution. In Bulgaria the species is widespread and occurs from sea level to 2000 m ( Petrova & Vladimirov 2010; Assyov & Petrova 2012), whereas in Albania it is rather rare, confined to high-elevation areas of 1900–2200 m ( Barina 2017). In Greece, M. scardicum has so far been found only in a very small area, which is threatened by extensive marble quarrying.

S. Tsiftsis & K. Vidakis

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Fig. 14. Melampyrum scardicum – A: flowering plant; B: inflorescence. – Greece, Mt Vrondous, 24 Jun 2022, photographs by K. Vidakis.