Arabis alpina L.

Arabis alpina L.

Synonymy

    • =Arabis alpina subsp. brevifolia (DC.) Greuter & Burdet
    • =Arabis alpina subsp. flavescens (Griseb.) Hayek
    • =Arabis caucasica Willd.
    • ≡Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica (Willd.) Briq.
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    Distribution

    (IoI NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE WAe KK EAe) 

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Euro-Siberian

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders, High mountain vegetation

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    The infraspecific taxonomy traditionally applied to Greek populations (viz. subsp. brevifolia, subsp. caucasica, subsp. flavescens) is obsolete. Moreover, no material of subsp. alpina as in C Europe has been seen from Greece (Strid & Tan 2002: 92).

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