# List of endemic plants of Cyprus

Cyprus is home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats Cyprus as a botanical country.
Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.

## Amaranthaceae

* Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.

## Amaryllidaceae

* Allium autumnale P.H.Davis
* Allium cupani subsp. cyprium Meikle
* Allium cyprium Brullo
** Allium cyprium subsp. cyprium – Troödos Mts.
** Allium cyprium subsp. lefkarense (Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri) Christodoulou & Hand
* Allium exaltatum (Meikle) Brullo, Pavone, Salmeri & Venora
* Allium marathasicum Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri
* Allium meikleanum Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri
* Allium willeanum Holmboe

## Apicaceae

* Bupleurum sintenisii Asch. & Urb. ex Huter – east-central and southeastern Cyprus
* Dichoropetalum kyriakae (Hadjik. & Alziar) Hand & Hadjik
* Pimpinella cypria Boiss.
* Scaligeria alziarii Hand, Hadjik. & Zetzsche

## Araceae

* Arum cylindraceum subsp. pitsyllianum Hadjik.

## Araliaceae

* Hedera cypria McAll. – Troödos Mts.

## Asparagaceae

* Ornithogalum chionophilum Holmboe – Troödos Mts.
* Ornithogalum pedicellare Boiss. & Kotschy
* Scilla lochiae (Meikle) Speta – Troödos Mts.
* Scilla morrisii Meikle – Troödos Mts.

## Asteraceae

* Anthemis plutonia Meikle
** Anthemis plutonia var. artemisioides (Holmboe) Oberpr. & Vogt
** Anthemis plutonia var. plutonia
* Anthemis tricolor Boiss.
* Carlina pygmaea Holmboe
* Centaurea akamantis T.Georgiadis & Hadjik
* Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. angusticeps (H.Lindb.) Meikle
* Centaurea cyprensis (Holub) T.Georgiadis
* Cicerbita cyprica (Rech.f.) M.Güzel – Troodos Mts.
* Cynara makrisii Hand & Hadjik
* Lactuca tetrantha B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis – Troodos Mts.
* Onopordum cyprium Eig
* Pseudopodospermum troodeum (Boiss.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
* Ptilostemon chamaepeuce var. cyprius Greuter
* Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius – western and southwestern Cyprus
* Taraxacum aphrogenes Meikle – southwestern Cyprus
* Taraxacum holmboei H.Lindb. – Troodos Mts.

## Boraginaceae

* Onosma caespitosa Kotschy
* Onosma fruticosa Sm.
* Onosma troodi Kotschy

## Brassicaceae

* Arabis cypria Holmboe – northern and northeastern Cyprus
* Arabis kennedyae Meilke – western Cyprus
* Arabis purpurea Sm. – Troödos Mts.
* Erysimum kykkoticum Hadjik. & Alziar
* Noccaea cypria (Bornm.) F.K.Mey. – western Cyprus
* Odontarrhena akamasica (B.L.Burtt) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – western Cyprus
* Odontarrhena chondrogyna (B.L.Burtt) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – southwestern Cyprus
* Odontarrhena troodi (Boiss.) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – western Cyprus

## Campanulaceae

* Campanula veneris Carlström
* Solenopsis antiphonitis Hadjik. & Hand
* Solenopsis meikleana Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, V.Tomas.

## Caprifoliaceae

* Lomelosia cyprica (Post) Greuter & Burdet
* Pterocephalus multiflorus Poech
** Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus
** Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. obtusifolius Holmboe
* Valeriana orbiculata Sm.

## Caryophyllaceae

* Arenaria rhodia subsp. cypria (Holmboe) McNeill – western Cyprus
* Dianthus cyprius A.K.Jacks. & Turrill – northern and northeastern Cyprus
* Dianthus strictus subsp. troodi (Post) B.F.Osoriol & Seraphim ex Greuter & Burdet – western Cyprus
* Minuartia sintenisii (H.Lindb.) Rech.f. – western Cyprus
* Petrorhagia kennedyae (A.K.Jacks. & Turrill) P.W.Ball & Heywood
* Sabulina subtilis subsp. filicaulis (H.Lindb.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
* Saponaria cypria Boiss.
* Silene fraudatrix Meikle
* Silene galataea Boiss.
* Silene gemmata Meikle
* Silene laevigata Sm.
* Silene microsperma subsp. cypria Eggens, F.Jafari & Oxelman – Famagusta

## Cistaceae

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

## Colchicaceae

* Colchicum troodi Kotschy

## Convolvulaceae

* Convolvulus × cyprius Boiss. (C. lineatus × C. oleifolius)

## Crassulaceae

* Rosularia globulariifolia subsp. pallidiflora (Holmboe) Yıld.
* Sedum cyprium A.K.Jacks. & Turrill
* Sedum eriocarpum subsp. porphyreum (Kotschy) 't Hart
* Sedum lampusae (Kotschy) Boiss.
* Sedum microstachyum (Kotschy) Boiss.

## Cyperaceae

* Carex cyprica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
* Carex troodi Turrill – western Cyprus
* Cyperus cyprius Post – western Cyprus

## Euphorbiaceae

* Euphorbia cassia subsp. rigoi (Boiss. ex Freyn) Holmboe
* Euphorbia lemesian Hadjik., Hand, Christodoulou & Frajman
* Euphorbia veneris M.L.S.Khan – western Cyprus

## Fabaceae

* Astragalus cyprius Boiss.
* Astragalus macrocarpus subsp. lefkarensis Meikle & Kirchhoff – western Cyprus, above Pano Lefkara
* Bituminaria kyreniae Giusso, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Miniss.
* Genista fasselata subsp. crudelis (Meikle) Chrtek & B.Slavík
* Hedysarum cyprium Boiss.
* Trifolium campestre subsp. paphium Meikle

## Fagaceae

* Quercus alnifolia Poech – Troödos Mts.
* Quercus × campitica Hadjik. & Hand (Q. alnifolia × Q. coccifera)

## Hypericaceae

* Hypericum repens L.

## Iridaceae

* Crocus cyprius Boiss. & Kotschy – western Troödos Mts.
* Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe – N. & EC. Cyprus
* Crocus veneris Tapp. ex Poech
* Gladiolus triphyllus (Sm.) Ker Gawl

## Lamiaceae

* Acanthoprasium integrifolium (Benth.) Ryding
* Clinopodium troodi subsp. troodi – Troödos Mts.
* Micromeria chionistrae Meikle – western Cyprus
* Nepeta italica subsp. troodi (Holmboe) A.L.Budantzev
* Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel – western Cyprus
* Phlomis brevibracteata Turrill
* Phlomis cypria Post
** Phlomis cypria var. cypria
** Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis Meikle – southwestern Cyprus
* Salvia veneris Hedge
* Salvia willeana (Holmboe) Hedge – western Cyprus
* Scutellaria cypria Rech.f. – western Cyprus
** Scutellaria cypria subsp. cypria – western Cyprus
** Scutellaria cypria subsp. elatior (Meikle) Hand – western Cyprus
* Scutellaria sibthorpii (Benth.) Halácsy
* Sideritis cypria Post
* Teucrium cyprium Boiss. – western Cyprus
* Teucrium divaricatum subsp. canescens (Čelak.) Holmboe
* Teucrium karpasiticum Hadjik. & Hand
* Teucrium kyreniae (P.H.Davis) Hadjik. & Hand
* Teucrium micropodioides Rouy
* Teucrium salaminium Hadjik. & Hand
* Thymus integer Griseb.

## Lentibulariaceae

* Pinguicula crystallina Sm. – western Cyprus

## Liliaceae

* Tulipa akamasica Christodoulou, Hand & Charalamb.
* Tulipa cypria Stapf ex Turrill

## Orchidaceae

* Ophrys argolica subsp. elegans (Renz) E.Nelson
* Ophrys × cailliauana P.Delforge (O. bornmuelleri × O. sphegodes subsp. mammosa)
* Ophrys × jansenii P.Delforge (O. bornmuelleri × O. lutea subsp. galilaea)
* Ophrys × paphosiana H.Baumann & Künkele (O. kotschyi × O. umbilicata)
* Orchis × tochniana Kreutz & Scraton (O. italica × O. punctulata)
* Serapias × cypria H.Baumann & Künkele (S. bergonii × S. levantina)

## Orobanchaceae

* Odontites linkii subsp. cyprius (Boiss.) Bolliger
* Orobanche zosimii (M.J.Y.Foley) Domina

## Papaveraceae

* Corydalis rutifolia (Sm.) DC. – Troödos Mts.
* Papaver cyprium (Chrtek & B.Slavík) M.V.Agab., Christodoulou & Hand
* Papaver paphium M.V.Agab., Christodoulou & Hand
* Roemeria meiklei (Kadereit) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso

## Pinaceae

* Cedrus libani var. brevifolia Hook.f. – Troödos Mts.

## Plumbaginaceae

* Limonium ammochostianum Erben, Christodoulou, Hand & Kefalas
* Limonium cyprium (Meikle) Hand & Buttler
* Limonium karpasiticum Kefalas, Erben, Christodoulou & Hand
* Limonium mucronulatum (H.Lindb.) Greuter & Burdet
* Limonium paralimniticum Christodoulou, Erben, Hand & Kefalas

## Poaceae

* Aegilops × insulae-cypri H.Scholz (A. geniculata × A. peregrina)
* Agrostis cypricola H.Lindb.
* Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. cypricola (H.Scholz) Romero Zarco
* Poa sintenisii H.Lindb. – Troodos Mts.
* Rostraria hadjikyriakou Christodoulou & Hand
* Sporobolus hadjikyriakou (Raus & H.Scholz) P.M.Peterson

## Portulacaceae

* Portulaca edulis Danin & Bagella

## Primulaceae

* Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy

## Ranunculaceae

* Delphinium fissum subsp. caseyi (B.L.Burtt) C.Blanché & Molero
* Ranunculus cyprius (Boiss.) Chrtek & B.Slavík
* Ranunculus kykkoensis Meikle
* Ranunculus leptaleus DC.

## Rosaceae

* Rosa chionistrae H.Lindb.

## Rubiaceae

* Rubia laurae (Holmboe) Airy Shaw
* Thliphthisa suberosa (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio

## Urticaceae

* Urtica cypria (H.Lindb.) Hand