List of endemic plants of Cyprus explained

Cyprus is home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants.^[1] The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats Cyprus as a botanical country.

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.

Amaranthaceae

• Bosea cypria

Amaryllidaceae

• Allium autumnale
  • Allium cupani subsp. cyprium Allium cyprium
  • Allium cyprium subsp. cyprium – Troödos Mts.
    • Allium cyprium subsp. lefkarense Allium exaltatum
• Allium marathasicum
• Allium meikleanum
• Allium willeanum

Apicaceae

• Bupleurum sintenisii – east-central and southeastern Cyprus
• Dichoropetalum kyriakae
• Pimpinella cypria
• Scaligeria alziarii

Araliaceae

• Hedera cypria – Troödos Mts.

Asparagaceae

• Ornithogalum chionophilum – Troödos Mts.
• Ornithogalum pedicellare
• Scilla lochiae – Troödos Mts.
• Scilla morrisii – Troödos Mts.

Asteraceae

• Anthemis plutonia
  • • • Anthemis plutonia var. artemisioides Anthemis plutonia var. plutonia
• Anthemis tricolor
• Carlina pygmaea
• Centaurea akamantis
  • Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. angusticeps Centaurea cyprensis
• Cicerbita cyprica – Troodos Mts.
• Cynara makrisii
• Lactuca tetrantha – Troodos Mts.
• Onopordum cyprium
• Pseudopodospermum troodeum
  • Ptilostemon chamaepeuce var. cyprius Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius – western and southwestern Cyprus
• Taraxacum aphrogenes – southwestern Cyprus
• Taraxacum holmboei – Troodos Mts.

Boraginaceae

• Onosma caespitosa
• Onosma fruticosa
• Onosma troodi

Brassicaceae

• Arabis cypria – northern and northeastern Cyprus
• Arabis kennedyae – western Cyprus
• Arabis purpurea – Troödos Mts.
• Erysimum kykkoticum
• Noccaea cypria – western Cyprus
• Odontarrhena akamasica – western Cyprus
• Odontarrhena chondrogyna – southwestern Cyprus
• Odontarrhena troodi – western Cyprus

Campanulaceae

• Campanula veneris
• Solenopsis antiphonitis
• Solenopsis meikleana

Caprifoliaceae

• Lomelosia cyprica
• Pterocephalus multiflorus
  • Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus
    • Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. obtusifolius Valeriana orbiculata

Caryophyllaceae

• Arenaria rhodia subsp. cypria – western Cyprus
• Dianthus cyprius – northern and northeastern Cyprus
• Dianthus strictus subsp. troodi – western Cyprus
• Minuartia sintenisii – western Cyprus
• Petrorhagia kennedyae
  • Sabulina subtilis subsp. filicaulis Saponaria cypria
• Silene fraudatrix
• Silene galataea
• Silene gemmata
• Silene laevigata
• Silene microsperma subsp. cypria – Famagusta

Cistaceae

• Cistus × akamantis (C. monspeliensis × C. parviflorus × C. salviifolius)
• Helianthemum obtusifolium
• Helianthemum salicifolium var. glabrum – north-central Cyprus

Colchicaceae

• Colchicum troodi

Convolvulaceae

• Convolvulus × cyprius (C. lineatus × C. oleifolius)

Crassulaceae

• • Rosularia globulariifolia subsp. pallidiflora Sedum cyprium
  • Sedum eriocarpum subsp. porphyreum Sedum lampusae
• Sedum microstachyum

Cyperaceae

• Carex cyprica
• Carex troodi – western Cyprus
• Cyperus cyprius – western Cyprus

Euphorbiaceae

• • Euphorbia cassia subsp. rigoi Euphorbia lemesian
• Euphorbia veneris – western Cyprus

Fabaceae

• Astragalus cyprius
• Astragalus macrocarpus subsp. lefkarensis – western Cyprus, above Pano Lefkara
• Bituminaria kyreniae
  • Genista fasselata subsp. crudelis Hedysarum cyprium

Fagaceae

• Quercus alnifolia – Troödos Mts.
• Quercus × campitica (Q. alnifolia × Q. coccifera)

Hypericaceae

• Hypericum repens

Iridaceae

• Crocus cyprius – western Troödos Mts.
• Crocus hartmannianus – N. & EC. Cyprus
• Crocus veneris
• Gladiolus triphyllus

Lamiaceae

• Acanthoprasium integrifolium
• Clinopodium troodi subsp. troodi – Troödos Mts.
• Micromeria chionistrae – western Cyprus
  • Nepeta italica subsp. troodi Origanum cordifolium – western Cyprus
• Phlomis brevibracteata
• Phlomis cypria
  • Phlomis cypria var. cypria
  • Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis – southwestern Cyprus
• Salvia veneris
• Salvia willeana – western Cyprus
• Scutellaria cypria – western Cyprus
  • Scutellaria cypria subsp. cypria – western Cyprus
  • Scutellaria cypria subsp. elatior – western Cyprus
• Scutellaria sibthorpii
• Sideritis cypria
• Teucrium cyprium – western Cyprus
  • Teucrium divaricatum subsp. canescens Teucrium karpasiticum
• Teucrium kyreniae
• Teucrium micropodioides
• Teucrium salaminium
• Thymus integer

Lentibulariaceae

• Pinguicula crystallina – western Cyprus

Liliaceae

• Tulipa akamasica
• Tulipa cypria

Orchidaceae

• • Ophrys argolica subsp. elegans Ophrys × cailliauana (O. bornmuelleri × O. sphegodes subsp. mammosa)
• Ophrys × jansenii (O. bornmuelleri × O. lutea subsp. galilaea)
• Ophrys × paphosiana (O. kotschyi × O. umbilicata)
• Orchis × tochniana (O. italica × O. punctulata)
• Serapias × cypria (S. bergonii × S. levantina)

Orobanchaceae

• • Odontites linkii subsp. cyprius Orobanche zosimii

Papaveraceae

• Corydalis rutifolia – Troödos Mts.
• Papaver cyprium
• Papaver paphium
• Roemeria meiklei

Pinaceae

• Cedrus libani var. brevifolia – Troödos Mts.

Plumbaginaceae

• Limonium ammochostianum
• Limonium cyprium
• Limonium karpasiticum
• Limonium mucronulatum
• Limonium paralimniticum

Poaceae

• Aegilops × insulae-cypri (A. geniculata × A. peregrina)
• Agrostis cypricola
  • Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. cypricola Poa sintenisii – Troodos Mts.
• Rostraria hadjikyriakou
• Sporobolus hadjikyriakou

Portulacaceae

• Portulaca edulis

Primulaceae

• Cyclamen cyprium

Ranunculaceae

• • Delphinium fissum subsp. caseyi Ranunculus cyprius
• Ranunculus kykkoensis
• Ranunculus leptaleus

Rosaceae

• Rosa chionistrae

Rubiaceae

• Rubia laurae
• Thliphthisa suberosa

Urticaceae

• Urtica cypria

Notes and References

1. https://checklistbuilder.science.kew.org/reportbuilder.do Endemic plants of Cyprus