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Höhn, Mária: Vascular flora of the Kelemen (Calimani) Mts on the side of the Maros (Mures) river drainage area

Geoelements: arkt-alp - arctic-alpine; kozm - cosmopolitan; Eur - European; EA - Eurasian, (kont - continental, med - spread towards the Mediterranean zone, bor - spread mostly in the boreal zone, mont - montane); K-Eur central European; cirk-b - circumboreal; Med - Mediterranean; Atl-Med - Atlantic-Mediterranean; Szarm - Sarmatian; Pont - Pontic; Pan - Pannonian; Kárp (end) - Carpathian (endemism); Balk - Balkanic (spread in the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean territories of the Balkan peninsula); Kauk - Caucasian; Dák - Dacic; adv - adventive. Flora - Flora RPR, Vols I-XIII. Gazetteer Andráspataka - Andreneasa; Bisztra - Bistra; Dédabisztra - Bistra Muresului; Borszék - Borsec, Disznós-tető - Porcului; Drágás - Dragus; Galonya - Galaoaia; Göde - Stanceni; Görgényi - Gurghiu; Istenszéke - Scaun; Jódtelep Iod; Kelemen - Calimani; Maros - Mures; Mesterháza - Mestera; Marosfő -Izvorul Muresului; Nyágra - Neagra; Palotailva - Lunca Bradului; Pietrosz - Pietros; Rakottyás - Retitis; Ratosnya - Rastolita; Régen - Reghin; Sólymok Soimilor; Szalárd - Salard; Toplica - Toplita. Main characteristics of the flora, geobotanical position The list of species includes 866 taxa (species and subspecies) in 95 families (11 pteridophytes, 3 gymnosperms, 73 dicots, 11 monocots). A total of 46 species are new for the territory. There are 6 hybrids from the Centaurea, 4 from Hieracium, 2 from Rubus, 1 from Carex and 1 from Cirsium genera. Fifty-eight species, cited by other authors, are not confirmed. The flora of the Maros defile and the southern part of the Kelemen Mts integrates as a whole in the volcanic flora of the Carpathians. Floristically it is less various then the external folded mountains of the Eastern Carpathians. The reason is that uniformity of the bedrock on volcanic massifs give rise to relatively few range of habitats compared to crystalline and sedimentary rocks. The migration of species on the area of the Eastern Carpathians follows a north - south direction, so the flora resemble with the Máramaros, Radna massifs. The Kelemen Mts is the south-eastern border of this migration line, that is why many species frequent in the territory of the Radna, Máramaros, Borszék disappears. While the western part is bordering the Transsylvanián basin, on the way out from the defile increase the number of continental, and Mediterranean species. Geobotanically the defile integrates the flora of the Kelemen and Görgényi-Hargita (Gurghiu-Harghita), being situated on the contact line of these two districts. The geoelement composition show a majority of Eurasian, European species with many boreal elements. It is high the number of montane, arctic-alpine elements