Metallophytes in the Eastern Alps With Special Emphasis on Higher Plants Growing on Calamine and Copper Localities

Abstract

Summary PUNZ W. 1995. Metallophytes in the Eastern Alps. With special emphasis on higher plants growing on calamine and copper localities - Phyton (Horn, Austria) 35 (2): 295-309, 1 figure. - English with German summary. Information about metallophytes in the Eastern Alps is briefly reported, recent metallophyte terminology including the conception of GAMS 30 years ago is discussed. Beside the small number of eumetallophytic taxa, the majority of metal resistant taxa occur in Caryophyllaceae, Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Rubiaceae. A map of floristically investigated heavy metal localities in the Eastern Alps is given. The metallicolous plant associations of the Eastern Alps belong to five classes but not to the Violetea calaminariae.