Naufraga (plant)

Naufraga balearica is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, and the only species in the genus Naufraga.[2] It is endemic to the Spanish island of Majorca, where it is found only at the base of cliffs at the north of the island.[2] A population was discovered on Corsica in 1981, but it had died out by 1983, and it is not clear whether it arrived naturally.[2] Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores, and is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Naufraga

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Apieae
Genus: Naufraga
Constance & Cannon
Species:
N. balearica
Binomial name
Naufraga balearica
Constance & Cannon

References

  1. M. Mus & J. Rita Larrucea (2006). "Naufraga balearica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Bertrand de Montmollin; Wendy Strahm (2005). "Naufraga balearica". The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants: Wild Plants at the Brink of Extinction, and What is Needed to Save Them. International Union for Conservation of Nature. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-2-8317-0832-4.


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