VIRTUAL BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CYPRUS Nature Conservation Unit Frederick University 7 Yianni Frederickou Street, Pallouriotissa, 1036, Nicosia Tel. +357 22431355 E-mail: [email protected] List of 11 plant taxa of the Cyprus Flora, that are considered to be non endemics to Cyprus anymore Α/Α Family Taxon Comments The endemism of this species is controversial since the fact that Cyprus’ plants and those of the species Ferula elaeochytris Korovin found in 1 Apiaceae Ferula cypria Post Libanon, Syria and Turkey is likely to belong to the same species1. If further investigation reveals that this is true, then the name Ferula cypria will be conserved. Hyacinthella millingenii 2 Asparagaceae The species is also found in Turkey2. (Post) Feinbrun The name is a synonym of the taxon Microthlaspi natolicum subsp. sporadium F. K. Microthlaspi natolicum var. 3 Brassicaceae Mey which is distributed in islands of East pentadactylonis F. K. Mey Aegean, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey2. The name in considered synonym of Helianthemum salicifolium 4 Cistaceae Helianthemum salicifolium (L.) Mill. which is not var. glabrum Meikle Cyprus endemic3. The name is a synonym of Lathyrus Lathyrus blepharicarpus 5 Fabaceae blepharicarpus Boiss. Distributed in Cyprus, var. cyprius Meikle Lebanon, Syria and Turkey2. The name is a synonym of taxon Clinopodium Acinos exiguus (Sm.) 6 graveolens (M. Bieb.) Kuntze subsp. graveolens Meikle Lamiaceae which is distributed in Europe and West Asia2. 7 Origanum majorana L. The taxon is also found in Turkey2. The name is a synonym Lythrum hyssopifolia L. Lythrum hyssopifolia var. 8 Lythraceae which is widely distributed in Europe, West Asia cyprium and the northern part of Africa2. The name is a synonym of Orchis anatolica Orchis anatolica var. 9 Boiss. which is also found in Crete, Greece, troodi Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey2,3. 10 Orchidaceae Epipactis troodi H. Lindb. The taxon also occurs in Crete and Turkey 2. The name is a synonym of Serapias politisii Renz Serapias aphorditae P. 11 which also occurs in Greece, Albania, Italy and Delforge Turkey2. 1: Tsintides T. C., Christodoulou C. S., Delipetrou P. & Georghiou K. (ed.), 2007. The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus. Lefkosia: Cyprus Forestry Association. 2: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity, available at: http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html. 3: The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on Interned: http://www.theplantlist.org. .