Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter
Synonymy
Taxon info
Androcymbium rechingeri is a mainly N African species, extending locally to sandy beaches and coastal flats in W Kriti, flowering in the winter. The genus is mainly S African with a few species also in N Africa, adjacent SW Asia, the Canary Islands and only two in Europe (the other is A. gramineum). The distribution of A. rechingeri is a good example of the phytogeographical link between Kriti and N Africa, especially Cyrenaica (NE Libya). It was named after Karl Heinz Rechinger (1906 –1998), a leading explorer of the Greek flora and author of many publications including Flora Aegaea (1944). [Photo by Christina Fournaraki.]A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 334 [Plate 9.3]
