MEDICINAL PLANTS ON THE TERRITORY OF LOZENSKA MOUNTAIN
PLAMEN GLOGOV1, DOLJA PAVLOVA2
1 Department of Silviculture, Forest Research Institute, BAS 132, St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd. BG-1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, blvd. Dragan Tzankov 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
*Corresponding author: e-mail: pglogov@abv.bg
Key words: distribution, flora, Lozenska Mt., medicinal plants, taxonomical structure
Abstract: The current study is a floristic investigation of the medicinal plants on the territory of the Lozenska Mt. (80 km2) conducted in the period 2003-2017. As a result 326 species and 11 subspecies belonging to 235 genera and 75 families were identified or 44.1% of the taxa included in the Bulgarian Medicinal Plants Act. The families with the richest number of medicinal species were Lamiaceae (39), Asteraceae (34), Fabaceae (22) and Rosaceae (19). The genera with the highest number of species were Veronica (6), Geranium (5), Mentha and Orchis (5). Most of the medicinal plants were located in the Southwestern part of the mountain (73.6%) and the least of them are in the Northeastern part (49.2%). Five species fall under restrictive collection regime and for 12 the collection is forbidden. Seventeen of the medicinal plants were species with conservation status, 2 of which are included in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria (1984), 4 are in the lists of IUCN and Bulgarian Red List of Vascular Plants, and 9 are in the Biological Diversity Act (BDA). A map with the distribution of the species of conservation significance on the territory of the mountain was prepared.