Origanum cordifolium
| Origanum cordifolium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Origanum |
| Species: | O. cordifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel | |
Origanum cordifolium, Paphos origanum is a subshrub with suberect, cylindrical, hairless, often purplish shoots, 40–60 cm high. Leaves opposite, simple, entire or irregularly dentate, stalkless, ovoid to cordate, 1-2 x 0.8–2 cm, leathery, hairless, acute. Flowers on pendulous spikes, zygomorphic, corolla bifid, whitish or pinkish, 1-4, subtended by purplish-green, large bracts. Flowers June–August. Fruit of 4 nutlets.[1]
Habitat
Moist, shady rocky slopes, by streams and roadbanks on igneous rocks at 300–900 m.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus found In a limited area of the Paphos Forest in Roudhia valley (Alonoudhi, Steni etc.)
References
- ↑ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
External links
- "TrekNature | Origanum cordifolium Photo". treknature.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- "Origanum videos, photos and facts - Origanum cordifolium | ARKive". arkive.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- "Origanum cordifolium". iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- "IUCN Red List maps". maps.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- "Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
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