Nesocrambe

Nesocrambe
Nesocrambe
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Nesocrambe
A.G.Mill.
Species: N. socotrana
Binomial name
Nesocrambe socotrana
A.G.Mill.

Nesocrambe socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family. It is the only species in the genus Nesocrambe, and is found only on "an inhospitable and windswept ridge at the western end of Soqotra", Yemen.[1] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[2]

References

  1. ^ Anthony G. Miller, Ruth Atkinson, Abdul Wali Al Khulaidi & Nadim Taleeb (2002). "Nesocrambe, a new genus of Cruciferae (Brassiceae) from Soqotra, Yemen" (PDF). Willdenowia 32 (1): 61–67. JSTOR 3997505. http://www.bgbm.org/willdenowia/w-pdf/w32-1Miller+al.pdf. 
  2. ^ A. Miller (2004). "Nesocrambe socotrana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/44889. Retrieved July 20, 2007. 


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