Horstrissea

Horstrissea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Tribe: Apieae
Genus: Horstrissea
Greuter, P.Gerstberger & B.Egli
Species: H. dolinicola
Binomial name
Horstrissea dolinicola
Greuter, P.Gerstberger & B.Egli

Horstrissea dolinicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, and the only species in the genus Horstrissea.[1] It is endemic to Crete, where it lives at an altitude of around 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in the Mount Ida range.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bernhard Egli, Pedro Gerstberger, Werner Greuter & Horst Risse (1990). "Horstrissea dolinicola, a new genus and species of umbels (Umbelliferae, Apiaceae) from Kriti (Greece)". Willdenowia 19 (2): 389–399. JSTOR 3996647.
  2. G. Latroú & C. Fournaraki (2006). "Horstrissea dolinicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
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