544 Vizintin et al.vp Acta Bot. Croat. 71 (2), 371–374, 2012 CODEN: ABCRA 25 ISSN 0365-0588 eISSN 1847-8476 Short communication A note on Pteris vittata L. (Pteridaceae) in Montenegro WALTER GUTERMANN* Department of Biogeography, Faculty Centre of Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria Abstract – Pteris vittata, formerly doubtfully indicated for Dalmatia, is recorded for Montenegro based on a hitherto disregarded collection preserved in the Vienna University herbarium. Key words: Pteris vittata, Pteridophyta, fern, flora, Montenegro Introduction Pteris vittata L. (Pt. longifolia auct. non L. s. str. – cf. WALKER 1964, 1993; TRYON and TRYON 1982) is a subtropical fern of the Old World, with disjunct outliers in the southern Mediterranean. Additionally, a few naturalizations in Europe are known further north (cf. JALAS and SUOMINEN 1972). In the literature of the 19th century it was indicated also for Dalmatia, e.g. in an authoritative survey of European ferns (MILDE 1867), although without any source adduced. Probably this author took the record from HOOKER (1858, 157; HOOKER and BAKER 1868: 154), who had mentioned a specimen of his herbarium from Dalmatia (leg. Alexander). This was also the opinion of LUERSSEN (1889), who asked for a confirmation, however, since the species was missing in all the geographically pertinent lit- erature (e.g. SCHLOSSER and VUKOTINOVI] 1869). From that time this record, never local- ized in more detail, obviously was suppressed (HAYEK 1927 ff.) nor in the Analiti~ka Flora Jugoslavije (MAYER and HORVATI] 1967) was it found worthy of consideration. In conse- quence no record for the former Yugoslavia is found in either Flora Europaea or in the Med-Checklist (WALKER 1964, 1993; GREUTER et al. 1984). In Atlas Florae Europaeae, the distribution map for Pteris vittata shows Zakinthos as the northernmost dot in the eastern Mediterranean (JALAS and SUOMINEN 1972: 56, map no. 60). Results and discussion In connection with floristic work on the Ionian islands (Greece), and examining vouch- ers from the island of Zakinthos in the Vienna University herbarium (WU), I unexpectedly ACTA BOT. CROAT. 71 (2), 2012 371 * Corresponding author, e-mail: walter.gutermann@univie.ac.at Copyright® 2012 by Acta Botanica Croatica, the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. All rights reserved. came across a well preserved collection of Pteris vittata from Kotor Bay (Boka Kotorska; fig. 1), Montenegro. This affords a late corroboration of an old indication, and, thanks to the statements on the herbarium label, it allows an exact localisation of this occurrence, de- cidedly the northernmost in the Mediterranean east of Italy. The plants were collected on July, 28, very probably in 1916 [and not 1917 – see below], in (then) southern Dalmatia: „ »Bocche di Cattaro: trockener, sonniger Steinriegel bei Teodo, ca. 10 m«, that is near Tivat (Grid 34TCN2 of Atlas Florae Europaeae), today part of Montenegro. The fern has not previously been recorded for this country (cf. ROHLENA 1942, PULEVI] 2005). 372 ACTA BOT. CROAT. 71 (2), 2012 GUTERMANN W. Fig. 1. Voucher specimen of Pteris vittata from Boka Kotorska (Herbarium WU). The collection was incorporated into the WU herbarium in 1917, on June 22 (according to the Acquisitions Journal of the University herbarium), as the donation of Dr. A. Ginzberger, at that time (1903–1912) »Adjunkt« at the Botanical Institute of the Vienna University (SCHÖNBECK-TEMESY 1992). So far it remains uncertain, whether all collections of this entry (»24 Pflanzen aus Süd-Dalmatien«) came from H. Spunar, who collected the fern under discussion. – There is a discrepancy in relation to the collection date as written on the herbarium label (»28. VII. 1917«): presumably 1917 is an error for 1916, because the entries in the herbarium daybook were listed continuously by day. So far, any other possible connections of the collector, Hermann Spunar, to botany in Vienna are unknown to us, as are further herbarium sheets traceable to him. According to information from Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Vienna), Hermann Spunar (born in 1889 at Schota near Leibnitz, Styria) was first lieutenant of the fortress artillery, regiment no. 5, at that time stationed at Kotor for defence of the »k. u. k. Kriegshafen« (imperial na- val port). Acknowledgements Investigations on the flora and vegetation of the Ionian islands have been supported by FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung; Projekt P10466-BIO). 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