Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye; introduced into California, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Poland, Sweden (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 24, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)

35.4215, 23.646333

Location Remarks

Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 23, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)

35.4275, 24.189167

Location Remarks

Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Bryonia

Specific Epithet

cretica

Infraspecific Epithet

cretica

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#134,556 of 335,497

Top 41%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →