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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
A perennial
herb which grows in a few limestone sinks in a region
where many sheep graze during the summer. This species was first
described in 1990. It is the only species belonging to the genus
Horstrissea, which is closely related to the genus Scaligeria.
This means that if this species disappears, the entire genus will
disappear as well.
A great number of species endemic
to the mountains of Crete grow in these limestone sinks. All the
plants
are very small and hug the ground
, a strategy which allows
them to sustain the grazing pressure
of numerous
herds
of sheep.
In the spring
, these limestone sinks serve as outlets
for melting
snow and rain, and are periodically flooded.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Apiales
()
- Nakai, 1930
- Family:
Umbelliferae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Genus:
Horstrissea
()
- Specific epithet:
dolinicola
- Greuter, Gerstb. & Egli
- Botanical name: - Horstrissea dolinicola Greuter, Gerstb. & Egli
- Specific epithet:
dolinicola
- Greuter, Gerstb. & Egli
- Genus:
Horstrissea
(
- Family:
Umbelliferae
(
- Order:
Apiales
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Horstrissea
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Further Reading
- Egli, B., Gerstberger, P., Greuter, W. and Risse, H. 1990. Horstrissea dolinicola, a new genus and spcies of umbels (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae) from Kriti (Greece). Willdenowia 19: 389399.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Lesouëf, J.-Y. and Buord, S. 2003. 50 Threatened Species of the European Flora in need of urgent conservation measures. Conservatoire de Botanique de Brest and Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg.
- Lesouf, J.-Y. and Buord, S. 2003. 50 Threatened Species of the European Flora in need of urgent conservation measures. Conservatoire de Botanique de Brest and Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg.
- Montmollin, B. de and Strahm, W. (eds). 2005. The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants: Wild plants at the brink of extinction, and what is needed to save them. IUCN SSC Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Phitos, D., Strid, A., Snogerup, S. and Greuter, W. (eds). 1995. The Red Data Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece. WWF-Greece, Athens.
- Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds). 1998. 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Latroú, G. & Fournaraki, C. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Latro, G. & Fournaraki, C. 2006. Horstrissea dolinicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8709585
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15011785
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939399-1
- IUCN ID: 214686
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2941639
Footnotes
- Latroú, G. & Fournaraki, C. 2006. Horstrissea dolinicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
