ibclogo XVI International Botanical Congess

Abstract Number: 4016
Poster No. = 861


TAXONOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE GENUS CRATAEGUS L. AND COTONEASTER MEDIC. ON THE TERRITORY OF THE WEST CARPATHIANS (SLOVAKIA)


T. Baranec, J. Brindza*, S. Talapka* & , *Dept. of Botany, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia, Dept. of Genetics, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia


About 25 species of Crataegus L. occur in Europe and 15 species are distributed in central Europe. The hawthorns during the last two thousand years in the changing biocenoses under the human activities have been created a specific and important plants communities Crataego-Prunetum or as sole individuals at the Carpathian region. For taxonomical analyses some methods of caryology and chrology have been used at last ten years investigations. About 14 species and some interspecific hybrids were identified. To the genus Cotoneaster belong 5 species distributed in the territory of West Catpathians.

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