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Thlaspi cyprium

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Brassicales
Familia: Brassicaceae
Genus: Thlaspi
Species: Thlaspi cyprium

Vernacular Names

Ελληνικά, Κυπριακά: Θλάσπι το κύπριο

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

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

http://botany.cz/en/thlaspi-cyprium/
http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Thlaspicyprium600450endem.jpg
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100359067

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