Biology:Lutzia cretica

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Short description: A species of plant

Lutzia cretica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lutzia
Gand.
Species:
L. cretica
Binomial name
Lutzia cretica
(L.) Greuter & Burdet
Synonyms[1]
  • Alyssoides cretica (L.) Medik.
  • Moench Gand.
  • (L.) Poir. Vesicaria paniculata
  • Alyssum paniculatum (Desf.) Desv.
  • Alyssum creticum Desf.
  • Lutzia fruticosa Alyssoides tomentosa
  • L. Gand.
  • Scleroptychis cretica Alyssum oocarpum
  • (L.) Degen Vesicaria cretica

Lutzia cretica is a species of herbaceous plant endemic to the Aegean Islands of Greece. It is the only species in the genus Lutzia, which belongs to the cabbage family Brassicaceae.

Prior to a 2015 reappraisal based on molecular phylogenetic data, the plant was most commonly included in the genus Alyssoides as Alyssoides cretica.[2]

Lutzia cretica grows into a characteristic spherical bush. Its leaves are greyish-white and tomentose (covered in soft dense hairs). It produces large yellow flowers between February and April, and the fruits can remain on the plant until June.[3]

It grows in the crevices of limestone cliffs and ravines, from sea level up to 400 m, less frequently as high as 800 m. It is found on the islands of Crete (mostly the central and eastern parts and on some small offshore islets), Kasos, Karpathos, and Astypalaia.[3]

References

  1. "Lutzia cretica" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/912766-1. Retrieved 13 February 2022. 
  2. Španiel, Stanislav; Kempa, Matúš; Salmerón-Sánchez, Esteban; Fuertes-Aguilar, Javier; Mota, Juan F.; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; German, Dmitry A.; Olšavská, Katarína et al. (2015). "AlyBase: database of names, chromosome numbers, and ploidy levels of Alysseae (Brassicaceae), with a new generic concept of the tribe". Plant Systematics and Evolution 301 (10): 2463–2491. doi:10.1007/s00606-015-1257-3. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tan, Kit (2002). "Lutzia Grand.". Flora Hellenica. 2. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. p. 199. ISBN 3904144928. 

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