Cardaminopsis croatica_1

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Cardaminopsis croatica, syn: Arabis croatica, Arabis neglectaSlo.: hrvaki penunjekCr.: guarka hrvatskaDat.: May 05. 2001Lat.: 44.56792 Long.: 15.11779Code: Bot_512/2011_IMG_4768 Habitat: Crevices in open limestone rock walls or in light Fagus sylvatica forest, mostly steep terrain, fairly moist and mostly shady places, exposed or partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, elevation 920 m (3.000 feet). Substratum: humus in rock crevices, forest soil. Place: Rujiin Kuk, Dabarski Kukovi Mountains, west of Ravni Dabar near Bake Otarije village, Middle Velebit Mountains, Croatia Comment: Narrow endemic of Velebit Mountains in NW Balkan peninsula. Photo taken at locus classicus: Velebit, Otarije (Schott, Nyman & Kotschy, 1854:44).Ref.:(1) Personal communication with dr. Botjan Surina, University of Primorska, Science and Research Centre of Koper, Slobenija(x) R.Domac, Flora Hrvatske, kolska Knjiga, Zagreb (2002) (in Croatioan), p 120. (x) .ili, Endemine biljke, Priroda Jugoslavie (1984) (in Croation), p 45.