Allelopathic effects and phytochemical analysis of Coleanthus subtilis as possible factors involved in its colonization success.
Coleanthus subtilis is a globally rare therophyte growing on exposed bottoms of water reservoirs and riverbanks. Despite its small size and ephemeral nature, it shows a potential to conquer new areas and can dominate phytocoenoses of small wetland therophytes and pioneer the land interface zones of lakes, pools and pon...