Biology:Rosularia cypria
| Rosularia cypria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Rosularia |
| Species: | R. cypria
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| Binomial name | |
| Rosularia cypria (Holmboe) Meikle
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Rosularia cypria is a tufted perennial with grey-green, sticky-downy spoon-shaped fleshy leaves, 3–4 cm long, in a loose rosette above an often bare basal trunk; flowering stems to 20 cm, carrying a few more similar leaves; flowers in terminal sprays to 12 cm long with leaf like bracts of diminishing size; calyx densely glandular with 5 deep-cut, broad, lobes forming a 5-angled pyramid; corolla-lobes white, recurved, 8–10 mm long with slender points; fruits comprising 5 papery, many-seeded follicles, circa 4 mm. Flowers from April to July. Common name Kıbrıs Göbekotu.[1]
Habitat
Frequent on limestone cliffs and walls, usually north-facing, at middle-to-high altitudes.
Distribution
Along the Kyrenia Range from Lapta to Yayla. Endemic to Northern Cyprus.
References
External links
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-8903147
- http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Rosulariacypria600450st.jpg
- http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/304434-Holmboe_Rosularia_cypria-Plants-Northern_Cyprus
Wikidata ☰ Q16992340 entry
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