No entries meet the strict criteria for “Endemic Plants of Croatia.”
Define “endemic” clearly: endemic means a species lives naturally in one place and nowhere else. Use a strict national scope here: only species found solely within Croatia’s modern borders qualify. This scope creates no results because most plants tied to Croatia are also found in nearby parts of the Balkans or on shared Adriatic islands. Taxonomic changes and data sources further narrow the list.
Note the technical reasons behind the empty list. Plants do not follow political borders, so many narrow-range species cross into neighboring countries. Scientists often treat some local forms as subspecies or varieties rather than full species, so they are not counted as country-only endemics. Records change with new research and with databases such as Flora Croatica Database, GBIF, and IUCN. These factors make strict national endemism rare or disappear from checklists.
Explore close alternatives and useful categories instead. Look for Dalmatian island endemics, Balkan endemics, karst-specialist plants, and species restricted to single islands like Hvar, Brač, or Vis. Genera such as Centaurea, Astragalus, and Viola include many narrow-range taxa in the region. For practical use, consult regional lists, the Flora Croatica Database, GBIF records, and IUCN assessments, or view a curated list of Dalmatian and Balkan endemics and island floras instead.
