The distribution and current state of populations of Colchicum fominii Bordz. in Ukraine

Abstract

An analysis of literature about the nomenclature and distribution of the rare plant species Colchicum fominii Bordz. in southwestern Ukraine (Odesa oblast) was carried out. Several territories in both Artsyz and Tarutyne raions where C. fominii was recorded in 1982 and 1995 were investigated in 2016. A population last reported in the mid-1930s from Velyka Mykhailivka raion was revisited in 2007. A significant reduction in number of generative individuals was noted in 2016 in the population located between Nova Ivanivka and Delen villages, Artsyz raion (compared to observations in 1982 and 1995). Due to the fact that C. fominii is not recorded in any sites of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine or of the Emerald Network, we propose the creation of two botanical nature reserves of local importance in Odesa oblast (between Nova Ivanivka and Delen villages, Artsyz raion and near Kardamycheve, Velyka Mykhailivka raion), where the contemporary populations of C. fominii are recorded and inclusion of these reserves into the Emerald Network.

Keywords

• colchicum fominii
• colchicum arenarium
• emerald network
• bern convention
• rare species
• plants
• ukraine