Small-leaved helleborine - Epipactis microphylla.(Ehrh.) Sw. - Cyprus

 See also - LIST OF CYPRUS ORCHIDS - ΛΙΣΤΑ ΟΡΧΙΔΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ

Red Data Book category:  

Critically endangered (CR)

Epipactis microphylla, the small-leaved helleborine, is a species of orchid. It is native to much of Europe and to Southwest Asia as far east as Iran though noticeably absent from the British Isles and from Scandinavia. It has also been found in North Africa, in the Babor mountains in Little Kabylia, Algeria and Cyprus

Photos Troodos, Lagoudera 30/5/2020 by George Konstantinou

The very rare Tulip Tulipa akamasica C.S. Christodoulou, R. Hand & C. Charalambous (Liliaceae) found in a very small area in Akamas - Τουλίπα του Ακάμα - Endemic species to Cyprus

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ΛΊΣΤΑ ΕΝΔΗΜΙΚΏΝ ΦΥΤΏΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΎΠΡΟΥ - LIST OF ENDEMICS PLANTS OF CYPRUS

Πόσα είδη τουλιπών έχουμε, πότε ανθίζουν και που τις συναντούμε - Του Γιώργου Κωνσταντίνου - Εφημερίδα πολίτης 14/2/2019

Tulipa cypria - Κυπριακή Τουλίπα, Τουλίπα η κυπρία, τουλίπα - Endemic to Cyprus

Tulipa agenensis Redouté - Cyprus

Endemic species to Cyprus

Very rare endemic to Cyprus.  It was registered as endemic in 2014 and was characterized as “Critically endangered “in the «Red Data Book of the Flora of Cyprus»

Photos Akamas  by  George Konstantinou

Frog fruit, Sawtooth fogfruit, Turkey tangle - Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene - Cyprus

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Phyla nodiflora (frog fruit, sawtooth fogfruit, turkey tangle), is an ornamental plant in the Verbenaceae family, and is native to South America and the United States. It can be found in tropical areas around the globe, a naturalized species in many places. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is often grown ornamentally as a ground cover plant, and is often present in yards or disturbed areas as a lawn weed.

The inflorescence consists of a purple centre encircled by small white-to-pink flowers. The flower takes on a match-like look, which is why the plant is sometimes called matchweed. It is similar to the related species Phyla lanceolata, but differs in having much shorter leaves that are often blunt and much more rounded. Both species are common as weeds and in the ornamental environment.

Common names in India include bukkan (Hindi), ratolia, vakkan (Marathi), podutalai (Tamil), vasir, and vasuka (Sanskrit). It is used medicinally to treat suppuration, common colds, and lithiasis.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyla_nodiflora

Photos Achna dam 2/10/2016 by George Konstantinou

Najas marina subsp. armata L. - Cyprus

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Najas marina is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names spiny water nymph, spiny naiad and holly-leaved naiad. It is an extremely widespread species, reported across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas and many oceanic islands. It can be found in many types of freshwater and brackish aquatic habitat, including bodies of alkaline water.

Najas marina is an annual producing a slender, branching stem up to 40 or 45 centimeters in maximum length. The evenly spaced leaves are up to 4 centimeters long, 1 to 3 millimeters wide, and edged in tiny sawlike teeth. The leaf has prickles along its midvein. Minute flowers occur in the leaf axils. The plant is dioecious, with male and female flower types occurring on separate individuals.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najas_marina

Photos Achna dam 2/10/2016 by George Konstantinou

Cynara makrisii Hand & Hadjikyriakou - Endemic to Cyprus

See also - Λίστα Ενδημικών Φυτών της Κύπρου - List of Endemics plants of Cyprus

Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cardueae

Endemic to Cyprus

Red Data Book category

Vulnerable (VU), IUCN criteria: D2

The species was firstly found by Mr. Christodoulos Makris. Mr. Makris knew was something new for Cyprus. Scientist thought that is Cynara syriaca. Some years after they conclude that is indeed a new species for science and endemic to Cyprus. So they give the name of the species in honor of its founder.

Cynara is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the sunflower family. They are native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek kynara, which means "artichoke''. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Photos  8/06/2016 by Michael Hadjiconstantis

Cynara is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek kynara, which means "artichoke"

Hedysarum cyprium Boiss. - Ηδύσαρον το κύπριο - Endemic to Cyprus

See also - Λίστα Ενδημικών Φυτών της Κύπρου - List of Endemics plants of Cyprus

Endemic to Cyprus - Red Data Book category

Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 309 species of annual or perennial herbs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.

Species within Hedysarum genus may be herbaceous plants or deciduous shrubs. They have odd-pinnate leaves, with entire leaflets (no notches or indentations). These leaves resemble the leaves of sweet peas. The stipules may be free or connate, and stipels (secondary stipules) are absent.

The inflorescences are peduncled racemes or heads. Bracts are small, with bracteoles below the calyx, and calyx teeth subequal. The petals may be pink, purplish, yellow, or whitish. Vexillum is longer than the wings, with an obtuse keel longer or rarely shorter than the wings. Stamens are diadelphous, 9+1, and anthers uniform. Ovary is 2-8-ovuled. Fruit is a lomentum, with segments that are glabrous, pubescent, bristly, or spiny. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Nicosia 6/10/2011 by George Konstantinou

Achillea maritima (L.) Ehrend. & Y.-P. Guo subsp. maritima - Cyprus

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 Is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe (Anthemideae) within the daisy family (Asteraceae or Compositae). The only known species is the cotton weed plant,. It is a small pioneering perennial that grows in the dune areas throughout the Mediterranean and exerts a stabilizing action on the sandy soils. A thick white down covers both the stems and the small oval, slightly saw-toothed alternate leaves. The globose flower heads, with their short peduncles, are composed of an envelope of white-wooly scales around tubular yellow flowers that are visible from June through to September. The generic name is derived from the Greek words otos (ear) and anthos (flower). This refers to the form of the corolla, which is composed of three membranous bracts that create a profile similar to that of a human ear.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos by 4/9/2006 George Konstantinou