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Plant Conservation in
Croatia
National Red Data Books

Crvena Knjiga Vaskularne Flore Hrvatske [Red Data Book of Croatian Vascular Plants]. T. Nikolić & J. Topić. Pp. 693. 2005. Ministarstvo kulture, Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Zagreb. Lists the threat status of 476 taxa using IUCN categories version 3.1; English text on pp. 558-636.

Floras

Flora Croatica: Index Florae Croaticae Pars 1. 1994. Pars 2. 1997. Pars 3. 2000. Toni Nikolić (Ed.). Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb. An extensive database is available online.

(Key only): Mala flora Hrvatske i susjednih podrucja, R. Domac, Slolska knjiga, Zagreb, 1979.

Vegetation


Plant Conservation Programmes


Key Institutions

Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Ulica Republike Austrije 20, HR-10000 Zagreb.

State Institute for Nature Protection, Savska cesta 41/23, p.p. 50, HR-10144 Zagreb.

Croation Environment Agency, Trg maršala Tita 8, HR-10000 Zagreb.

Department of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev Trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb.

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb.

Environmental Protection Fund, Ulica Vladimira Nazora 50, HR-10000 Zagreb.

Croatian Botanical Society, Marulićev Trg 20/II, HR-10000 Zagreb.

Acknowledgement

Based on material prepared by Hugh Synge for the Council of Europe, 1999-2000, with information and help from Zlatko Rulanovic, Croatia. Updated October 2005.

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4275 vascular plant species and 1072 subspecies.

Source: Red Data Book of Croatian Vascular Plants. Zagreb. 2005.

2597 species of algae;
638 bryophytes;
3235 fungi;
925 lichens.

280 vascular plant taxa are endemic.

Threatened spp
Extinct: 0
Endangered: 0
Vulnerable: 2
Rare: 4
Indeterminate: 0
Total Threatened: 6.

Source: 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 1998. (Table 5.)

Threatened spp
Extinct: 1
Regionally Extinct: 10
Critically Endangered: 90
Endangered: 62
Vulnerable: 71
Near Threatened: 186
Data Deficient: 340
Total Threatened: 234.

Source: Red Data Book of Croatian Vascular Plants. Zagreb. 2005.

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