GYMNOSPERMIUM PELOPONNESIACUM
Author:
Arne Strid, 2009
Family:
BERBERIDACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Strid. (2009). In: Phytol. Balcan. 15: 338.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
12 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Gymnospermium altaicum subsp. peloponnesiacum Phitos, 2002.
This member of the Berberidaceae family was given this name by Arne Strid in 2009. It is found in southern Greece, growing in a well drained limestone soil with some water and some sun. The corm can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to twelve centimetres in height. The flowers are golden yellow.
The genera name from the Greek gymnos; 'naked' and Latin sperma; 'seed', referring to the unripe seeds which are exposed when the membranous pericarp splits
The species name after Peloponnese; the peninsular, making up half of Greece. A caudex from Botany.cz.
Flower
Golden Yellow
Soil
Limestone
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
