CITES – officially used abbreviation for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This convention was signed the 3rd March 1973 and it became valid 1st January 1975.
The document determines and adjusts the rules for international trade with endangered species of wild fauna and flora. The trade is one of the most serious reasons, which cause extinction of a lot of species. The convention is carried out in 172 states by means of special offices.
The purpose of CITES is regulation and controlling of international trade with some endangered species. There is about 5 000 kind of animals and 28 000 flora species from the whole world in this time. The convention has three supplements and the species are divided into them in accordance with their degree of exposure of danger.
For example Cyclamen purpurascens, Galanthus nivalis or the tribe Orchideaceae are included in CITES in the Czech Republic.
All species protected by CITES on the Web Page BOTANY.cz:
Adonis vernalis L.
Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) L. C. RICH.
Cephalanthera damasonium (MILL.) DRUCE
Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) FRITSCH
Cephalanthera rubra (L.) L. C. RICHARD
Chamorchis alpina (L.) L. C. RICH.
Coeloglossum viride (L.) HARTM.
Corallorhiza trifida CHÂTEL.
Cyclamen hederifolium AITON
Cyclamen purpurascens MILL.
Cyclamen repandum SIBTH. et SM.
Cypripedium calceolus L.
Cypripedium formosanum HAYATA
Cypripedium macranthum SWARTZ
Cypripedium smithii SCHLTR.
Dactylorhiza foliosa (VERMEULEN) SOÓ
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (DRUCE) SOÓ subsp. fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (DRUCE) SOÓ subsp. soóana BORSOS
Dactylorhiza fuchsii (DRUCE) SOÓ subsp. sudetica (RCHB.) VERM.
Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) SOÓ
Dactylorhiza lapponica (LAEST. ex HARTM.) SOÓ
Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) SOÓ subsp. transsilvanica
Dactylorhiza majalis (RCHB.) HUNT et SUMMERH.
Dactylorhiza ochroleuca (BOLL) AVERYANOV
Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) SOÓ
Epipactis albensis NOVÁKOVÁ et RYDLO
Epipactis atrorubens (HOFFM.) BESSER
Epipactis greuteri H. BAUMANN et KŰNKELE
Epipactis helleborine (L.) CRANTZ
Epipactis komoricensis MEREĎA
Epipactis palustris (L.) CRANTZ
Epipactis purpurata SM.
Epipactis tallosii MOLNÁR et ROBATSCH
Epipogium aphyllum (F. W. SCHMIDT) SCHWARTZ
Euphorbia atropurpurea BROUSS. ex WILLD.
Euphorbia balsamifera AIT.
Euphorbia canariensis L.
Fitzroya cupressoides (MOLINA) I. M. JOHNST.
Galanthus nivalis L.
Goodyera repens (L.) R. BROWN
Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. BROWN
Gymnadenia densiflora (WAHLENB.) A. DIETR.
Gymnadenia odoratissima (L.) RICH.
Habenaria tridactylites LINDL.
Hammarbya paludosa (L.) O. Kuntze
Himantoglossum adriaticum H. BAUMANN
Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) SPRENG.
Liparis loeselii (L.) RICH.
Listera ovata (L.) R. BR.
Neotinea maculata (DESF.) STEARN
Neottia nidus-avis (L.) RICH.
Nigritella corneliana (BEAUVERD) GÖLZ et REINHARD
Nigritella rhellicani TEPPNER et E. KLEIN
Nigritella rubra (WETTST.) K. RICHTER
Ophrys apifera HUDS.
Ophrys biscutella O. et D. DANESCH
Ophrys bombyliflora LINK
Ophrys holosericea subsp. holubyana (ANDRASOVSZKY) DOSTÁL
Ophrys insectifera L.
Ophrys sphegodes MILL.
Ophrys tenthredinifera WILLD.
Orchis canariensis LINDL.
Orchis mascula L. subsp. signifera (VEST) SOÓ
Orchis militaris L.
Orchis morio L.
Orchis pallens L.
Orchis palustris JACQ.
Orchis purpurea HUDS.
Orchis scopulorum SUMMERH.
Orchis tridentata SCOP.
Orchis ustulata L.
Platanthera bifolia (L.) RICH.
Platanthera chlorantha (CUSTER) RCHB.
Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. et D. LÖVE
Sobralia macrantha LINDL.
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) CHEVALL.
Sternbergia colchiciflora WALDST. et KIT.
Sternbergia lutea (L.) KER-GAWL. ex SPRENGEL
Traunsteinera globosa (L.) RCHB.
