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Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briq. (Lamiaceae) is an annual species native to the Western Mediterranean. During fieldwork, it was found in a ruderal site in the village of Veli Iž on the island of Iž (Zadar archipelago, Croatia) in May 2024. Since there are no earlier records of this species in Croatia, it should be considered a new taxon of this country’s flora and included in the current Flora Croatica Database. Additionally, this study reports S. ocymastrum for the first time on the eastern part of the Adriatic Basin.
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Acta Plantarum - Flora delle regioni italiane, 2024: Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briq. Retrieved July 20, 2024 from: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=504540
Anonymous, 2024: Stachys ocymastrum. Herbal Virtual del Mediterrani Occidental. Retrieved October 10, 2024 from https://herbarivirtual.uib.es/en/general/268/especie/stachys-ocymastrum-l-briq-
Ball, P. W., 1972: Stachys. In: Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M., Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea, vol. 3, 151–157. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Bhattacharjee, R., 1980: Taxonomic studies in Stachys II. A new infrageneric classification of Stachys L. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 38, 65–96.
Biondi, E., Gubellini, L., Pinzi, M., Casavecchia, S., 2012: The vascular flora of Conero Regional Nature Park (Marche, Cen-tral Italy). Flora Mediterranea 22, 67–167. https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit22.067
Borkowsky, O., 1994: Übersicht der Flora von Korfu. Floristic Investigations of Corfu Ionian Islands / Greece. Braun-schweiger Geobotanische Arbeiten 3. Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Braun-schweig.
Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2024: Census of population, households and dwellings in 2021 – population by settlements. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from: https://dzs.gov.hr/u-fokusu/popis-2021/popisni-upitnik/english/results/1501
Duplančić Leder, T., Ujević, T., Čala, M., 2004: Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1:25.000. Geoadria 9(1), 5–32. https://doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.127
Euro+Med, 2006–2024: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Re-trieved July 16, 2024 from http://www.europlusmed.org
Hassler, M., 1994–2024: World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World. Retrieved July 16, 2024 from: https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list/?name=Stachys-ocymastrum#plantUid-407511
Köppen, W., Geiger, R., 1954: Klima der Erde. Justus Perthes, Darmstadt.
Laface, V. L. A., Musarella, C. M., Sorgonà, A., Spampinato, G., 2022: Analysis of the population structure and dynamic of endemic Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae). Sustainability 14(16), 10295. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610295
Martin Mosquero, M. A., Juan, R., Pastor, J., 2000: Morphological and anatomical studies on nutlet of Stachys (Lamiaceae) from Southwest Spain. Thaiszia – Journal of Botany 10, 27–38.
Morales, R., Pardo de Santayana, M., 2010: Stachys L. In: Castroviejo, S., Morales, R., Quintanar, A., Cabezas, F., Pujadas, A., Cirujano, S. (eds.), Flora Iberica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares, Verbenace-ae-Labiatae-Callitrichaceae, vol. 12, 216–232. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Nikolić, T., 2019: Flora Croatica – vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske, vol. 4. Ekskurzijska flora [Flora Croatica – vascular flora of the Republic of Croatia, vol. 4. Excursion flora]. Alfa d. d., Zagreb.
Nikolić, T. (ed.), 2024: Flora Croatica database. Retrieved July 16, 2024 from http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd
Pignatti, S., Guarino, R., La Rosa, M., 2017–2019: Flora d'Italia, 2a edizione. Edagricole di New Business Media, Bologna.
POWO, 2024: Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 20, 2024 from http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
Salmaki, Y., Heubl, G., Weigend, M., 2019: Towards a new classification of tribe Stachydeae (Lamiaceae): Naming clades using molecular evidence. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190(4), 345–358. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz021
Tundis, R., Peruzzi, L., Menichini, F., 2014: Phytochemical and biological studies of Stachys species in relation to chemo-taxonomy: A review. Phytochemistry 102, 7–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.01.023
Wojterski, T. W., 1990: Degradation stages of the oak forests in the area of Algiers. Vegetatio 87, 135–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042950
Zangari, G., Bartoli, F., Lucchese, F., Caneva, G., 2023: Plant diversity in archaeological sites and its bioindication values for nature conservation: Assessments in the UNESCO site Etruscan Necropolis of Tarquinia (Italy). Sustainability 15(23), 16469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316469
Zaninović, K., Gajić-Čapka, M., Perčec Tadić, M., Vučetić, M., Milković, J., Bajić, A., Cindrić, K., Cvitan, L., Katušin, Z., Kaučić, D., Likso, T., Lončar, E., Lončar, Ž., Mihajlović, D., Pandžić, K., Patarčić, M., Srnec, L., Vučetić, V., 2008: Klimatski atlas Hrvatske [Climate atlas of Croatia] 1961–1990: 1971–2000. Državni hidrometeorološki zavod, Zagreb.