Bosea cypria
Bosea cypria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Core eudicots |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Bosea |
Species: | B. cypria |
Binomial name | |
Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f. | |
Bosea cypria is an evergreen shrub. It hangs on walls, cliffs, or trees. Its fruit is a globose red berry. It flowers from April to July.
Habitat
It grows on rocky limestone banks, cliffs, old walls or gulleys, from sea level to 600 m.
Distribution
Cultivation
It has mostly been planted in hedges.
Gallery
- Seeds of Bosea cypria.
- Bosea cypria seedling.
References
- 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%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D cypria.JPG
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