Cupressus sempervirens--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Roadside, ca. Douliana. 23 May 05. 037.jpg
Cupressus sempervirens--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Roadside, ca. Douliana. 23 May 05. 036.jpg
Cupressus sempervirens--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Roadside, ca. Douliana. 23 May 05. 035.jpg
Native to Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Palestine, Türkiye; introduced into Albania, Algeria, Assam, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye-in-Europe, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)
35.4275, 24.189167
Location Remarks
Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cupressus
Specific Epithet
sempervirens
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 3.4
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#765 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →