Ramonda nathaliae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Trichosporeae
Subtribus: Ramondinae
Genus: Ramonda
Species: Ramonda nathaliae
Name

Ramonda nathaliae Pancic & Petrovic, Fl. Agr. Nyss.: 574 (1882).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Chaixia nathaliae (Pancic & Petrovic) O.Schwarz, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 187 (1939).
Heterotypic
Ramonda nathaliae f. jankovicii Gajić, Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 28: 16 (1973).
Ramonda nathaliae f. serbicifolia Gajić, Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 28: 16 (1973).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Greece, Yugoslavia (Northern Macedonia).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pančić, J. & Petrovič, S. 1882. Fl. Agr. Nyss.: 574

Additional references

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1972. Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), xxix + 370 pp., ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ramonda nathaliae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ramonda nathaliae. Published online. Accessed: Aug 28 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ramonda nathaliae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 28.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ramonda nathaliae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ramonda nathaliae. Accessed: 28 Aug 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ramonda nathaliae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Natalie's Ramonda
македонски: Наталиева рамонда
српски / srpski: Наталијина рамонда

Ramonda nathaliae, also known as Natalie's ramonda (Serbian: Наталијина рамонда / Natalijina ramonda, Macedonian: Наталиева рамонда, romanized: Natalieva ramonda), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ramonda that grows in Serbia, North Macedonia (mostly in the east of both countries) and Greece (Kilkis prefecture). The flower is considered a symbol of the Serbian Army's struggle during World War I.[2] The plant was scientifically described in 1884 from specimens growing around Niš, by Sava Petrović and Josif Pančić, who named it after Queen Natalija Obrenović.[3]

This is a small poikilohydryc plant[4][5][6] growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) in height. It grows from rocks at an angle, allowing rainwater to run off the surface of the leaves. It is hardy down to −15 °C (5 °F). In late spring, clusters of flat, lilac blue flowers rise from basal rosettes of rounded crenate evergreen leaves. In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[7][8]
See also

List of Balkan endemic plants

References

The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 3 October 2015
President honors Serbian WW1 soldiers in Greece: In commemoration of Armistice Day, President Tomislav Nikolić paid homage to fallen Serbian soldiers at the Greek island of Vido.
Blečić, Petar (11 December 2015). "Kap vode ih vraća u život". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 November 2016.
Drazic, Gordana; Mihailovic, Nevena; Stevanovic, Branka (1999). "Chlorophyll Metabolism in Leaves of Higher Poikilohydric Plants Ramonda serbica Panč. and Ramonda nathaliae Panč. et Petrov. during Dehydration and Rehydration". Journal of Plant Physiology. 154 (3): 379–384. doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80184-9. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Babani, Fatbardha. "Ecophysiological differences between poikilohydric plants Ramonda serbica and Ramonda nathaliae. 5th International Syposium of Ecologist of Montenegro, 2013". Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Rakić, Tamara; Lazarević, Maja; Jovanović, Živko S.; Radović, Svetlana; Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja; Stevanović, Branka; Stevanović, Vladimir (2014). "Resurrection plants of the genus Ramonda: prospective survival strategies – unlock further capacity of adaptation, or embark on the path of evolution?". Frontiers in Plant Science. 4: 550. doi:10.3389/fpls.2013.00550. PMC 3887321. PMID 24454318.
"RHS Plantfinder - Ramonda nathalie". Retrieved 24 September 2018.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 84. Retrieved 24 September 2018.