Seseli crithmifolium (DC.) Boiss.

Seseli crithmifolium (DC.) Boiss.

Synonymy

    • =Seseli gummiferum subsp. aegaeum P.H. Davis
    • =Seseli gummiferum subsp. crithmifolium (DC.) P.H. Davis
    • =Seseli halkensis C.Catt., Kit Tan & Biel
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    Taxon info

    Seseli crithmifolium is a spectacular, woody chasmophyte endemic to the C & SE Aegean area, where it grows in crevices of large limestone cliffs – a “magnifique ombellifère” according to Stefani, Forsyth Major and Barbey (1895: 110). There are no consistent differences between subsp. crithmifolium and subsp. aegaeum. The closely related S. corymbosum and S. gummiferum occur in Anatolia and Crimea, respectively. In the background is Cephalaria squamiflora, another rare Aegean chasmophyte.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. 320 [Plate 2.2]

    Distribution

    GR(Kik KK EAe) 

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present)

    Status

    Native / Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Greek endemic

    Life-form

    Chamaephyte

    Habitat

    Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    Yes

    Notes

    Seseli halkensis, described from Chalki (EAe) and taxonomically overrated at species rank, grows within populations of S. crithmifolium and obviously represents individual variation within the latter (A.Strid).

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