The flora of Romania comprises around 3,450 species of vascular plants, which represents around 30% of the vascular flora of Europe.[1]

The three major vegetation zones in Romania are the alpine, steppe, and forest zones.[2] The latter can be subdivided (depending on soil, climate, and altitude) into regions dominated by the Norway Spruce, European Beech, and various species of Oak,[2] together with less widespread vegetation types such as the Dinaric calcareous block fir forest.
The Danube Delta is the largest continuous marshland in Europe.[3] Vegetation in the marshland is dominated by reeds, with Willow, Poplar, Alder, and Oak on the higher ground.[3] In 1991, this area became part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.[3] The delta supports 1,688 different plant species.[4]
The meadow-steppe grassland areas of Romania are also species-rich, but endangered.[5]
Among the flora of Romania are medicinal plants such as Arnica montana, Primula veris, Tussilago farfara, and Atropa belladonna.[1]
All the genera and species of plants found in Romania are listed in the 1977 work The Flora of Romania Illustrated Determinator of Vascular Plants.[6]
| Lycopodiaceae | 1.(1) Huperzia (L.) Bernh. | 1.(1) H. selago L. | Lycopodium selago L. | - |
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| 1.(2) Lycopodium L. | 1.(2) L. clavatum | - |
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| 2.(3) L. annotinum L. | - |
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| 1.(4) L. inundatum L. | - |
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| 1.(5) L. complanatum L. | - |
L. complanatum ssp. complanatum | L. complanatum ssp. anceps (Valir.) Milde | ||
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L. complanatum ssp. chamaeeyparissus (A.Br.) Doll, | L. tristachyum Pursh | |||
| 1.(6) L. alpinum L. | - |
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| Selaginellaceae | 1.(3) Selaginella P.B. | 1(7)S. selaginoides (L.) | S. spirulosa A. BR. | - |
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| 2(8)? S. helvetica (L.) Link | - |
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| Iscëtaceae | 1.(4)Isoëtes L. | 1(9) ? I. lacustre L. | - |
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| 2(10) ? I. setaceum Lam. | I. tenella Lam. ex Desv., I. echinospora Dur. |
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| Equisetaceae | 1.(5)Equisetum | 1(11)E. telmatea Ehrh. | Equisetum maximum auct. | - |
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| 2(12)E. arvense L. | - |
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| 3(13)E. silvaticum L. | - |
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| 4(14)E. fluviatile L. em. Ehrh. | Equisetum limnosum Ehrh. | - |
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| 5(15) E. palustre L. | - |
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| 6(16) E. ramosissimun Desf. | - |
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| 7(17) E. pratense Ehrh. | - |
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| 8(18) E. hyemale | - |
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| 9(19) E. variegatum Schleich. | - |
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| E. X morel Newm. (= hyemale X ramosissimun) | - |
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| E. X naegelianum W. Koch (= ramosissimun X variegatum) | - |
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X = hybrid
? = Species which were no longer found in 1977.
Subdivision Angiospermae
editOrders 1-25
editClass Monocotyledonatae
editSee also
editNotes
edit- 1 2 Danela Murariu; Silvia Strajeru; Constantin Milica; Steluta Radu (2004). "Status of the Romanian medicinal and aromatic plant collection". In Dea Baričevič (ed.). Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: First Meeting, 12–14 September 2002, Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia. Bioversity International. pp. 109–113. ISBN 978-92-9043-633-1.
- 1 2 Valeriu Enescu. "Forest Genetic Resources Conservation in Romania". Forest Genetic Resources N.24. Organizația Națiunilor Unite pentru Agricultură și Alimentație. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Danube Delta". UNESCO's World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ↑ Ellen Wohl (2010). A World of Rivers: Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers. University of Chicago Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-226-90478-8.
- ↑ John Akeroyd; Nat Page (2007). "The Saxon Villages of Southern Transylvania: Conserving Biodiversity in a Historic Landscape". In Dan Gafta; John Akeroyd (eds.). Nature Conservation: Concepts and Practice. Springer. p. 205. ISBN 978-3-540-47228-5.
- ↑ Al. Beldie (1977). Flora României Determinator Ilustrat al Plantelor Vasculare (in Romanian). Vol. I. Editura Academiei R.S.R.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Introduced, not native
References
edit- Anca Sârbu (1999). Biologie vegetală (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București.
- Vasile Ciocârlan (2000). Flora Ilustrată a României (in Romanian). Editura Ceres.
- Speta, Elise & Rákosy, László (2010). Wildpflanzen Siebenbürgens (in German). Vienna Natural History Museum / Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.