Bupleurum odontites

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2022, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 15, Willdenowia 52 (2), pp. 273-299 : 290-291

Bupleurum odontites L. – Fig. 12C, D.

P Cm: Crimea: vicinity of Sevastopol, SE of Nikolayevka and W of Zolotaya Balka valley, Koeleria -herb- Festuca steppe, 3 Jul 1962, Makhayeva (YALT), det. Vinogradova; ibid., N slope of Mount Sapun, eastward of Khomutov ravine, 44°33'22.8''N, 33°33'42.5''E, 170 m, near highway, 5 Jul 2020, Yevseyenkov & Svirin (photos: https://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/663255.html; Crimea only from a single herbarium collection; thorough searches for it in the field did not give any results. Then L. V. Bondareva reported two new findings in the vicinity of Sevastopol, on Mount Sapun and in the Yukharin ravine ( Bondareva 2013), which were also included in GBIF (2021b). However, the study of her herbarium specimens showed that they refer to B. baldense Turra. Only in 2020 was true B. odontites found again by two of us (P.Y. and S.S.), 3.5 km NE of the original locality, on the N slope of Mt Sapun E of the Khomutov ravine in a ruderal habitat. Few findings of B. odontites , the instability of its populations and limitation to disturbed areas indicate that this species is not a native in the vicinity of Sevastopol and in Crimea. Obviously, like B. baldense , it was introduced during the Crimean War, but, unlike the latter species, did not fully naturalize there.

L. E. Ryff, P. E. Yevseyenkov & S. A. Svirin