Sarcopoterium spinosum--Crete. Ep. Kydonia. Akrotiri. Trail Gouvernetos . 23 May 05. 034.jpg
Native to Albania, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Sardegna, Sicilia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Chania)
35.589972, 24.146722
Location Remarks
Akrotiri Peninsula. Trail to Gouvernetos Monastery.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
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
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Sarcopoterium
Specific Epithet
spinosum
Authorship
(L.) Spach
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 26.8
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.8
Global rank
#8,754 of 335,497
Top 3%
Extinction probability
11%
