Red list of ferns and flowering plants of Slovakia, 5th edition (October 2014)

Abstract

The last version of Red List was published already more than 10 years ago but the knowledge of the flora of Slovakia has substantially improved due to large-scale mapping projects and taxonomical research. Therefore an updated fifth edition of the Red List is presented in this paper. For evaluation, we accepted IUCN categories (ER, CR, EN, VU, NT, LC, DD, NA, NE) and criteria (A-D), which were used first time in the history of Slovak Red Lists of ferns and flowering plants. In total 1 218 taxa are listed (the complete list of taxa is given in Electronic Appendix 1), which is nearly 34 % of the total number of 3 619 native taxa and archaeophytes of the flora of Slovakia. More than 80 taxa (7 %) were not confirmed in the flora (66 Regionally Extinct, 17 Probably Regionally Extinct), 155 taxa are evaluated as Critically Endangered (13 %), 171 Endangered (14 %) and 201 taxa are regarded Vulnerable (17 %). The largest group represent 347 taxa evaluated as Near Threatened (29 %), 162 taxa are assessed as Least Concern (13 %), 91 taxa are in category Data Deficient (7 %), and 8 taxa belong to categories of Not Evaluated and Not Applicable (1 %). In this Red List, 27 taxa are included as new for the flora of Slovakia and 14 taxa were rediscovered. Short history of Slovak Red lists of rare and threatened plants is also briefly mentioned.

IUCN guidelines using for assessment of plants from the Red Book of Russian Federation at regional level: a case study for the Republic of Mordovia (Russia)

“…Percentage of the number of species included in RBRF, which occur in Mordovia to the total number of species included in RBRF, % management (Tomović et al 2007, Eliáš jun. et al 2015, Rossi et al 2015, Stroh et al 2014, Moreno Saiz et al 2015.…”

Grassland vegetation of Hodrušská hornatina highland in Central Slovakia

“…The critically endangered Orobanche elatior is a taxon with not enough data on its occurrence within Slovakia (Eliáš et al 2015). However, in older literature, it is considered as a rare taxon in the studied area, mainly in the south-east of the territory (Hlavaček 1985).…”

“…According to the actual Red List of plant species of Slovakia (Eliáš et al 2015) we identified 17 species listed in IUCN categories. The critically endangered Orobanche elatior is a taxon with not enough data on its occurrence within Slovakia (Eliáš et al 2015).…”

“…A list of vegetation units of Slovakia (Hegedüšová Vantarová & Škodová 2014) was used for the nomenclature of grassland communities. The threatened species were assessed according to the recent Red list of ferns and flowering plants of Slovakia (Eliáš et al 2015).…”

Carex divisain Slovakia: overlooked or rare sedge species?

“…Since several historical sites have disappeared , it is included in the Slovak Red List of rare and endangered plants (Eliáš et al 2015) and protected by law (Anonymous 2003).…”