Biology:Degenia
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Degenia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Brassicaceae containing the single species Degenia velebitica. The yellow-flowered plant is endemic to the Velebit and Kapela mountain ranges of Croatia.[1] It is an endangered species and has had protected status since 1964.[2] It grows in open stony grasslands, settled scree slopes, and rock crevices fully exposed to sun and stormy northeasterly (Bora) winds, from 300 to 1300 meters elevation.[3]
Discovered by Árpád Degen in 1909,[2] the species has since become a symbol of the region. Known in Croatian by the translation of the binomial name (velebitska degenija), it was depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 50 lipa coin, minted from 1993 to 2022.[4]
References
- ↑ Radović, Jasminka; Čivić, Kristijan; Topić, Ramona, eds (2006). Biodiversity of Croatia. Zagreb: State Institute for Nature Protection Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia. ISBN 953-7169-20-0. http://www.globalislands.net/greenislands/docs/croatia_biodiversity_brosura.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Naumovski, Dubravka (2005). "Germination ecology of seeds of endemic species Degenia velebitica (Degen) Hayek (Brassicaceae)". Acta Botanica Croatica 64 (2): 323–30. https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/3359.
- ↑ Liber, Z., Surina, B., Nikolić, T. et al. Spatial distribution, niche ecology and conservation genetics of Degenia velebitica (Brassicaceae), a narrow endemic species of the north-western Dinaric Alps. Plant Systematics and Evolution 306, 64 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01695-3
- ↑ Croatian National Bank. Kuna and Lipa, Coins of Croatia : 50 Lipa Coin . – Retrieved on 31 March 2009.
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