Conservation status of the rare endemic Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. anglicum, English Centaury (Gentianaceae)

Authors

  • Elizabeth L. Downey Wadeford
  • David A. Pearman Truro
  • Timothy C.G. Rich BSBI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33928/bib.2021.03.161

Keywords:

England, IUCN threat status, Dorset, Isle of Wight

Abstract

The status of the rare English endemic Centaurium tenuiflorum subsp. anglicum, English Centaury, has been assessed from field surveys in 2020 and compared against previous population counts. In Dorset, 16 populations with c.25,800 plants occurred and there was no evidence of overall decline. It was not refound in one site in the Isle of Wight. The IUCN threat status is ‘Least Concern’.

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Published

2021-07-26

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021): British & Irish Botany

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