Styrax officinalis--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Diktamos Gorge, ca. Stylos. 23 May 05. 003.jpg
Native to Albania, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into France (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)
35.4275, 24.189167
Location Remarks
Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Spain
Location Remarks
Barcelona Botanic Garden
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos)
35.4215, 23.646333
Location Remarks
Sirikari (Polyrinnia) Gorge, W of Chania
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Styracaceae
Genus
Styrax
Specific Epithet
officinalis
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#256,768 of 335,497
Top 77%
Extinction probability
5%
