Periploca graeca L.

Periploca graeca L.

Synonymy

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    Flora Treatment

    Goula, K. 2023: Apocynaceae: Periploca (ed. 1). – In: Flora of Greece 1. – Athens: Hellenic Botanical Society; Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. http://doi.org/10.3372/fog.v1.apoc-peri.ed1

    Taxon info

    Periploca graeca is a woody climber occurring locally in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, around the Black Sea and through Anatolia to Caucasus and N Iran. In Greece it is found mainly in the north-east, growing in riverine thickets and deciduous woodland. The fruit consists of two large, slender follicles joined at the very tip. Another species, P. angustifolia, occurs on small islands S of Kriti (Gavdos, Gavdopoula, Chrisi).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. 322 [Plate 3.1]

    Distribution

    GR(IoI NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe Kik EAe

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kiklades present; North Aegean islands 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

    Mediterranean

    Life-form

    Phanerophyte

    Habitat

    Woodlands and scrub

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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