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Centaurea jankae Brandza
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The most rare species of Acrocentron subgenus from Romania, which was once regional endemic to Romanian Dobrudja. It is still to be found in Romania probably in only two places though the literature gives at least four (1.the south-western border of Babadag forest, towards Caugagia, 'locco classico' of the species where the species was seen by us in 1995 and 2001 and the local population is almost extinct and 2. on the northern cliff of Dolojman Cape natural reservation area where yet a large population can be found)The presence of species in the Iron Gate defile area from south-western Romania (and especially in humid grasslands) though still maintained scriptically by some Romanian authors (Mataca, 2005) is erroneous and in total contradiction with the ecology of this species. Since 2007 the species is no longer endemic to Romania as it was discovered in north-eastern Bulgaria, see the superbly documented and illustrated article Petrova, A.S. (2007) - Centaurea jankae and C. trinervia (Asteraceae) - new taxa for the Bulgarian flora. Phytologia Balcanica 13(3): 353-358 Pictures taken in my garden from Floresti, Cluj county in may 2004 from plants coming from seeds collected at Dolojman Cape, Tulcea county in August 2001. The resolution available to us at the time was low so sorry for the quality of this set. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com
Pictures taken at Capul Dolojman natural reserve area, on 8th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com
Pictures taken at capul Dolojman natural reserve area, on august 2007 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com
Note about the discovery of the plant in Bulgaria by dr. A. Petrova from Planta Europa News March 2008 issue. See also the article linked at the top of this page.
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