Re: P jackii status etc, northern Greece

Juerg Steiger (steiger@iae.unibe.ch)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:12:04 +0100

>Juerg Steiger and I were in N Gr last year. We found/confirmed two
>localities of _P.(crystallina subsp.) hirtiflora_, and one of _P.balcanica_
>in Voreia (N-) Pindhos (Pindus).
>We have found other _Pinguicula_ populations on Mt.Olympus, Vardoussia
>(Korax), Megaspilaeon, and Styx (Chelmos).
>Juerg Steiger and Ivo Koudela have later on rediscovered "P.hirtiflora
>var.gionae", so I think most described varieties of _P.crystallina
>subsp.hirtiflora_ and a fair proportion of clones of _P.balcanica_ have
>been seen/documented in situ recently.

What coincidence of timing! (Hi Paul, Jan, Ivo!). Yesterday I had the visit
of Tamara Mikeladse (botanist, working with S.J. Casper in Jena) and her
husband (physicist, presently working at the CERN in Geneva). Casper,
author of the 230 pages Pinguicula monography, wants Tamara to investigate
in detail the Ping. crystallina-hirtiflora group and I told her about the
lacking material from north-eastern Greece to northern and central Turkey.
She will appreciate any info on Pings, excursions plans etc. in northern
Grece and Turkey. Her address: Tamara Mikeladse, Botanical Institute,
Friedr. Schiller University, Philosophenweg 16, D-07743 Jena, Germany.

>A European "white spot" could be in the S Carpathians of Romania. The
>plants growing there have been called "P.vulgaris var.transsilvanica", and
>Casper has treated them as _P.vulgaris_. However, the plants are growing at
>rather high elevations, and at least the habitat should be interesting.
>Well, perhaps Juerg Steiger (or someone else?) has seen these plants
>already (have you, Juerg?).

No, unfortunately I don't.

> However, additional localities of _Pinguicula_ between
>Tortosa and Hoz de Beteta were mentioned in the literature, and it would
>perhaps be interesting to visit these. Perhaps even the region between Rio
>Mundo (a rather extreme northernmost representative of
>_P.vallisneriifolia_, if it belongs to this species at all) and the range
>of _P.l.d._ may yield surprises...

Oh yes!! I am sure that in Spain, Italy and central France there are still
'new' Pings (species, subsp. or varieties) to disvover.

Kind regards Juerg

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