Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 32/1. (2012)
Botany
CATEGORIES OF ENDANGERED PLANTS IN THE CAMPANULACEAE FAMILY, INCLUDING RED LIST OF ARGES COUNTY > Valérül ALEXIU Universitatea din Pitesti, str. Tärgu din Vale nr. 1, RO-110040 Pitejti, alexiuv@yahoo.com Abstract: This article aims to present categories of endangered plants in the family Campanulaceae in Arges county flora. From studies so far have been identified 9 species, belonging to three sozologic categories. Investigations have been made in the project “Chorology study of the sozological categories of Arges county flora to restore endangered by conventional methods of breeding and biotechnology”. Keywords: sozological, endangered, vulnerable, lower risk, UICN, Red List, Campanulaceae Introduction The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1948, is the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. Species are classified in nine groups, set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmentation. • Extinct (EX) - Plant species extinct, extinguished. • Extinct in the Wild (EW) - Species missing spontaneous, but kept in culture. • Critically Endangered (CR) - Species with extremely high risk of extinction in the near future state spontaneous. • Endangered (EN) - Species with very high risk of extinction in the near future spontaneous state. • Vulnerable (VU) - Species with high risk of extinction in the near future state spontaneous. • Lower Risk (LR) — Low risk of extinction. • Data Deficient (DD) — Deficient information on species. • Not Evaluated (NE) - Has not yet been evaluated against the criteria. • Not Threatened (NT) - Rare species, less threatened, but may enter in one of the categories above in future Materials and methods The establishment of the protected plants was made on the basis: Red List of extinct endangered, vidnerable and rare higher plants of Romania flora (Boscaiu N., Coidea Gh., Horeanu MARI SI A, XXXII, p. 9-18
