Lulezim Shuka

• Lecturer at University of Tirana

Along its entire course of over 270 kilometers the River Vjosa is untamed, free flowing and characterized by a high variety of hydro-morphological and biodiversity features. There are about 33 small and big hydropower plants under or planned for construction in Vjosa catchment. The most influential are the HPPs to be constructed in Poçemi and Kaliv...

Centaurea vlachorum Hartvig is a rare endemic species known from only two mountains, Milea and Aftia of Northern Pindos, but in 2009 it was reported to occur also in Albania too. Centaurea species have been used in folk medicine, against menstrual disorders, vaginal candidiasis, as laxative, tonic, diuretic, expectorant and stimulant for liver and...

Heavy metal accumulation was observed in several parts of plant species in the habitats of some metal emission sources that occur in serpentine substrate. Acid digestion of plant material and the subsequent use of atomic absorption spectrometry were the analytical methodologies followed for the analysis of Cr and Ni content in plant species such as...

Flora of the territory in the north-east of Albania and the southern part of Kosovo are less studied because of the difficulty of the terrain and the extansion in cross border area between Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. This territory belongs to the Scardo-Pindos mountainous system and includes mountains Vraça in Kosovo, Mountain of Kallabak, alpin...

Iris variegata L. and Iris pumila subsp. attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) K.Richt are reprted as new taxa for the flora of Albania. Both taxa are recorded during field trips carried out in Prespa National Park and Pashtriku Mt in the years 2006, 2011 and 2012. The taxa are collected in the open places, between scrubs or above tree line, in the subalpine pa...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae) is illustrated and described as a new species from a serpentine area in Rahoveci province, southwestern Kosovo. It is related to T. serbica from northern Kosovo and had previously been confused with T. scardica from (F.Y.R.) Macedonia and southern Kosovo, all found on serpentine soils. Comparison is made with the recen...

Twelve taxa belonging to fi ve families are reported based on fi eldwork in Albania from 2007 to 2010. Eleven have not been recorded for the country in the relevant volumes of Flora Europaea, Flora of Albania or the Med-Checklist. Notes on ecology and distribution are provided and all the taxa are mapped within Albania and also in neighbouring coun...