Filago wagenitziana (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae), a new species from western Crete, Greece

• Autores: Erwin Bergmeier
• Localización: Willdenowia: Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, ISSN 0511-9618, ISSN-e 1868-6397, Vol. 40, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 183-188
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Filago wagenitziana, discovered in 2008 in western Kriti (Crete), is described as a new species, illustrated and compared with similar species of the genus. This dwarf annual is a local endemic of the easternmost spurs of the Lefka Ori (White Mountains), growing between 700 and 800 m in altitude. It is restricted to open, shallow, semi-wet quartzite soil, chiefly in semi-shady conditions in or next to mixed mesophilous woodland with Platanus orientalis . The total known population of F. wagenitziana consists of very few subpopulations, comprising perhaps less than 1000 plants, in an area of about 1 km². This small area, which also harbours the only Sphagnum spring fen in Crete, lies only just outside the Natura 2000 site Asfendou-Kallikratis. The habitat of F. wagenitziana and its surroundings are endangered by water exploitation.