Biology:Bosea cypria
| Bosea cypria | |
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| Bosea cypria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Bosea |
| Species: | B. cypria
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| Binomial name | |
| Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.
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Bosea cypria is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family.[1][2][3] It is a highly branched, evergreen shrub, 1–2 m high, erect, suberect, or hanging on walls, cliffs or trees, with hairless angular shoots. Leaves, opposite, simple, entire-+ elliptical, 2-6 x (1-2-3) cm, hairless, petiolate, dark green, occasionally red green. Flowers in branched spikes, hermaphrodite or unisexual 5-merous, very small, green brown, the floral symmetry is actinomorphic. The fruit is a globose red berry. Flowers from April to July. It is endemic to Cyprus and in the local Greek Cypriot dialect it is called ζουλατζιά (translit: zoulatzia)[4]
Habitat
It grows on rocky limestone banks, cliffs, old walls or gulleys, from sea level to 600 m.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus. Akamas (Avakas, Kouphes etc.), Kritou Terra, Peyia, Lysos, Theletra, Mesoyi, Kato Paphos, Pakhyammos, Episkopi, Limassol, Potamos Liopetriou, Protaras, Dhiorios, Pentadaktylos, Rizokarpaso.
Cultivation
It has mostly been planted in hedges.
Gallery
Bosea cypria in Akamas Botanical Garden, Cyprus
Branch
Seeds of Bosea cypria
Bosea cypria seedling
Stem, branches and bark
References
- ↑ "Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59767-1.
- ↑ "Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.". The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d.. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000569591.
- ↑ "Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.". GBIF Secretariat. n.d.. https://www.gbif.org/species/5548256.
- ↑ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN:9963-42-067-2
External links
- http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo281484.htm
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildlifetravel/8200940920/
- http://www.natureofcyprus.org/detailinfo.aspx?cid=5&recid=205&rowid=51&rowcount=1&pageindex=10&pagesize=5
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2680382
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145132/http://www.wsl.ch/dendro/xylemdb/index.php?TEXTID=764&MOD=1
- http://www.herbaryum.neu.edu.tr/content/resimler/Amaranthaceae/Bosea[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] cypria.JPG
- "Rozwój i budowa pyłku or az liczba chromosomów u Bosea cypria Boiss (Amaranthaceae) [Chromosome number and pollen grain development in Bosea cypria Boiss (Amaranthaceae)"] (in pl). doi:10.5586/asbp.1960.009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276429175_Rozwoj_i_budowa_pylku_or_az_liczba_chromosomow_u_Bosea_cypria_Boiss_Amaranthaceae_Chromosome_number_and_pollen_grain_development_in_Bosea_cypria_Boiss_Amaranthaceae.
Wikidata ☰ Q15586983 entry
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