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Taxon

Cercis siliquastrum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 374. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 024.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 024.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 026.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 036.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 036.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 037.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 037.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 038.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of the Basilica Collemaggio, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 038.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 025.jpg

Cercis siliquastrum--Italy. Abruzzo. Grounds of Castelo Spagnola, L'Aquila. 9 May 02. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sicilia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Corse, Germany, Great Britain, India, Krym, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, South Australia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 8, 2002

Location

Italy, Chieti (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Cercis

Specific Epithet

siliquastrum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#247,101 of 335,497

Top 74%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →