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the medicinal plant species often are used for treatment of the common cold in
Macedonian traditional medicine.
The species Centaurea leucomalla Bornm. grows at the same site, around the
abandoned Allchar As-Sb-Tl mine. The species Centaurea leucomalla (fam.
Compositae, section Phalolepis) is described by Bornmüller (1921) at the beginning
of the twentieth century, one of the best experts on the flora of the southern parts of
the Balkan Peninsula at that time. The investigated specimen is an autochthonous
plant that grows only in the Allchar locality and is considered to be a local endemic
species (Fig. 13.4). Centaurea leucomalla is considered as taxonomically a very
stable plant species accepted in contemporary floristic literature such as Euro+Med
Plantbase (https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp).
Onobrychis degenii Dörfler (Fig. 13.4) is a significant plant species on the Red
List of Threatened Plants of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of
Nature) (Walter and Gillett 1998), which is of indefinite status. This plant species
grows only at the Allchar locality, near the village Majdan. However, it could be a
Macedonian (sub)endemic species, though in floristic literature also is stated for
Bulgaria (Kozhukharov 1976, 1992). Knautia caroli-rechingeri Micev. (Fig. 13.4)
is a local Macedonian endemic plant species that is described by Micevski (1981),
found only in the vicinity of the village Majdan, Allchar locality, and represents his
locus classicus. This plant occupies a very isolated position in relation to other plant
species of the Knautia genus that are developed on the territory of the Republic of
North Macedonia, so that in the taxonomic relation it is closest to the Knautia dinarica species. For this time being, this species is known only for two sites located near
the village of Majdan. Centaurea kavadarensis (Fig. 13.4) belongs to the Centaurea
deusta group, and it is a local endemic plant species that can be found in the surroundings of the village Majdan, Allchar locality (Micevski 1987).
13.2.3 Soil and Plant Sampling and Sample Preparation
Plant and soil samples were gathered in the summer of 2011, at the Majdan locality
around the abandoned mine Allchar, described above (Fig. 13.1). Soil samples were
selected based on the presence of the endemic plant species. At each study site, soil
samples (5–10 replicates from the soil represent composite material for one sample
Fig. 13.4 Centaurea leucomalla Bornm. (a), Onobrychis degenii Dörfler (b), Knautia carolirechingeri Micev. (c), and Centaurea kavadarensis Micev. (d)
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the medicinal plant species often are used for treatment of the common cold in
Macedonian traditional medicine.
The species Centaurea leucomalla Bornm. grows at the same site, around the
abandoned Allchar As-Sb-Tl mine. The species Centaurea leucomalla (fam.
Compositae, section Phalolepis) is described by Bornmüller (1921) at the beginning
of the twentieth century, one of the best experts on the flora of the southern parts of
the Balkan Peninsula at that time. The investigated specimen is an autochthonous
plant that grows only in the Allchar locality and is considered to be a local endemic
species (Fig. 13.4). Centaurea leucomalla is considered as taxonomically a very
stable plant species accepted in contemporary floristic literature such as Euro+Med
Plantbase (https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp).
Onobrychis degenii Dörfler (Fig. 13.4) is a significant plant species on the Red
List of Threatened Plants of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of
Nature) (Walter and Gillett 1998), which is of indefinite status. This plant species
grows only at the Allchar locality, near the village Majdan. However, it could be a
Macedonian (sub)endemic species, though in floristic literature also is stated for
Bulgaria (Kozhukharov 1976, 1992). Knautia caroli-rechingeri Micev. (Fig. 13.4)
is a local Macedonian endemic plant species that is described by Micevski (1981),
found only in the vicinity of the village Majdan, Allchar locality, and represents his
locus classicus. This plant occupies a very isolated position in relation to other plant
species of the Knautia genus that are developed on the territory of the Republic of
North Macedonia, so that in the taxonomic relation it is closest to the Knautia dinarica species. For this time being, this species is known only for two sites located near
the village of Majdan. Centaurea kavadarensis (Fig. 13.4) belongs to the Centaurea
deusta group, and it is a local endemic plant species that can be found in the surroundings of the village Majdan, Allchar locality (Micevski 1987).
13.2.3 Soil and Plant Sampling and Sample Preparation
Plant and soil samples were gathered in the summer of 2011, at the Majdan locality
around the abandoned mine Allchar, described above (Fig. 13.1). Soil samples were
selected based on the presence of the endemic plant species. At each study site, soil
samples (5–10 replicates from the soil represent composite material for one sample
Fig. 13.4 Centaurea leucomalla Bornm. (a), Onobrychis degenii Dörfler (b), Knautia carolirechingeri Micev. (c), and Centaurea kavadarensis Micev. (d)
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