BOTANICAL NOTE
New localities and history of the discovery of Saxifraga paniculata (Saxifragaceae)
in the Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland
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Instytut Biologii, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, ul. Podchorążych 2,
30-084 Kraków
Online publication date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2020-12-30
Fragm. Flor. et Geobot. Pol. 2020; XXVII(2): 684-689
ABSTRACT
In May 2018, three new populations of Saxifraga paniculata Mill. were found in the Skały Kroczyckie hills in the Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska
Upland (Fig. 1). In Poland, S. paniculata is frequent only in the Tatra Mts and Pieniny Mts in the Western
Carpathians; its occurrence in the Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland consists of relict populations
from the Pleistocene glacial (Vistulian).
In the Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland, Saxifraga paniculata occurs in four regions:
the Dolina Będkowska valley, Olsztyn village, Podzamcze village and Skały Kroczyckie hills. The
oldest locality was found in Olsztyn village by Professor Wojciech Jastrzębowski in 1847. The locality
in Ojców village has not been confirmed for more than 150 years. All populations of S. paniculata in
the Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland are strongly endangered due to intensive tourism and
rock climbing.