Chorispora tenella (Pallas) DC.

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Chorispora// Species: Chorispora tenella (Pallas) DC.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 1 (Tutin et al., 1964). The species was not included in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995). It was reported for the first time in North Macedonia in 2016 (Matevski, 2016).

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Europe and Asia- east and south-east Europe to China according to the Plants of the World Online portal. According to the Euro+Med PlantBase in Europe it is distributed in Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine (Marhold, 2011).

Habitat:  Found on one location in the periphery of Kochani near the railroad station, probably introduced.

Flowering period: Spring (MAR, APR).

Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 09.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 18.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (habit). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 09.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowering stems with inflorescence). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (inflorescence). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 18.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (inflorescence). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (inflorescence). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 18.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (inflorescence). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 09.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 09.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 09.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (flowers and fruits). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (fruits). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (fruits). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (cauline leaves). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 18.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (cauline leaves). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chorispora tenella (cauline leaves). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 02.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chorispora tenella (basal leaves). Found near the railway station in Kochani. 18.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281254-1 [Accessed 04.04.2021].

Marhold, K. (2011): Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetailOccurrence.asp?NameId=12872&PTRefFk=7200000

Matevski, V. (2016). New species for the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. CONTRIBUTIONS, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 79–83. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20903/csnmbs.masa.2016.37.2.85

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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