Bupleurum kakiskalae

Taxobox


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Apiales
familia = Apiaceae
genus = "Bupleurum"
species = "B. kakiskalae"
binomial = "Bupleurum kakiskalae"
binomial_authority = Greuter
synonyms =

"Bupleurum kakiskalae" is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family.It is endemic to Greece (Crete).One of Crete’s rarest path, "B. kakiskalae" grows on a few calcareous cliffs at 1450-1500m in the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) of western Crete. Plants produce a single, monocarpic rosette of narrow oblanceolate, blue-green leaves which flowers after 3-12 years. The flower stem is branched and up to 1m tall, with numerous heads of yellow flowers in late summer. The plant is taxonomically isolated within the genus "Bupleurum".

References

* Fielding, J. & Turland, N.; Mathew, B. (ed.), 2005. Flowers of Crete. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
* Latroú, G. & Kypriotakis, Z. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61611/all Bupleurum kakiskalae] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
* Turland, N. J., Chilton, L. & Press, J. R., 1993. Flora of the Cretan area: annotated checklist & atlas [2nd impression, 1995, with printing errors corrected] . The Natural History Museum and HMSO, London.