Native to Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Germany (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi
41.806389, 43.473611
Location Remarks
0.5 km north of Tsagveri on Borjomi-Bakuriana road.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca (Jardin des Plantes)
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Aethionema
Specific Epithet
arabicum
Authorship
(L.) Andrz. ex Lipsky
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#136,369 of 335,497
Top 41%
Extinction probability
10%