PLANTS SPECIES WITH DECORATIVE VALUE FROM ROMANIAN RED LISTS CULTIVATED IN „ANASTASIE FĂTU” BOTANIC GARDEN OF IAŞI

Abstract

The wild flora of Romania includes a lot of species presenting decorative value, some of them being already taken in cultivation and other could represent new and important horticultural resources in the future. Numerous species under this category are rare and vulnerable because of their very small growing areas, habitats destruction or collection in commercial uses. The paper presents 31 species from this categories cultivated in “Anastasie Fatu” Botanic Garden of Iaşi. For each species, the biological and ecological particularities as well as the frequency, endemic character and national, European or global sozological category, are presented.

Keywords

• plants
• red lists
• botanic garden
• decorative value