Salsola melitensis Botschantzev (Fam: AMARANTHACEAE.)
 Published date of profile: Oct-2010.
Citation: Mifsud S., (Oct-2010) Salsola melitensis on MaltaWildPlants.com |
|
| Nomenclature |
Species name : | Salsola melitensis
Botschantzev | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonyms: Darniella melitensis (Botschantzev) Brullo
Full list of synonyms:
[ PlantList ]
[ IPNI ]
[ Catalogue of Life ]
|
Plant Family : | | Common name(s) : | Maltese Salt Tree | Maltese name(s) : | Xebb, Siġra tal-irmied | Status for Malta : | Endemic. Found only on the Maltese islands | Frequency | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer life form: Nano-Phanerophyte (Small trees / Large shrubs)
Germination: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection : | Protected by law (schedule I of legal notice LN200/2011) and cannot be pruned or harmed | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Flora section of the National Red Data Book (Lanfranco, 1989) | Flowering Time : | Summer | Habitat : | Sides of cliffs, escarpments and hills. Apparently prefers areas with Globigerina Limestone. |
|
|
|
|
| Submit further info on this species |
|
Use this form to submit more information on this species or report mistakes in this webpage. If information supplied is taken from a book, journal or website, please provide the corresponding reference or website address. Your email address is only for internal communication. Please report only Maltese locations for plants that indicated as rare or very rare (refer to the Nomenclature section). Please do report mistakes, broken links, technical errors, silly typing / grammar errors, misidentifications or taxonomical updates; this will help to improve the website's accuracy. Thanks you! Fill any of the three sections (A/B/C) below and kindly submit the form. * = required fields.
|
|
|
|
