Biology:Thlaspi cyprium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Thlaspi cyprium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Thlaspi
Species:
T. cyprium
Binomial name
Thlaspi cyprium
Bornm.
Synonyms

Noccaea cypria (Bornm.) F.K. Mey.

Thlaspi cyprium, the Cyprus penny-cress, is a perennial herb, flowering from February to May.[1]

Habitat

Moist rocky slopes and near streams on igneous rocks at 900–1900 m altitudes.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus, very common in the Troödos forest, but occurs in other areas as well: Khionistra, Prodromos, Kryos Potamos, Almyrolivadho, Pashia Livadhi, Papoutsa, Saranti, Lagoudhera, Platania, Kionia.

References

  1. The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN:9963-42-067-2
  • Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985, ISBN:0950487643
  • The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN:9963-42-067-2

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17642893 entry