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Sarcopoterium spinosum (Thorny Burnet) |
Sarcopoterium spinosum (ROSACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Sarcopoterium spinosum(L.) Spach
Published in (L.) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3 (Bot.), 5: 43 (1846) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Rosaceae
L. (The Rose Family)
34 species from the Rosaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Thorny Burnet |
Maltese name(s) : |
Tursin il-Għul Xewwieki |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte ( small trees to large shrubs, usually <5 m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule III and VI of [S.L. 549.44] (strictly protected species) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
March – May |
Colour of Flowers: |
Pink or Inconspicuous |
Name Derivation : |
Sarcopoterium:
spinosum:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry places. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Much-branched shrub up to 60 cm. Shoots densely tomentose; lateral branches forming leafless spines. Leaves with 9-15 small, ovate, hairy leaflets. Capitula up to 3 cm, globose or oblong; the upper flowers female, the lower male. Calyx-teeth stellate-patent, caducous; stamens 10-30; hypanthium tubular-urceolate. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=28 | |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, from Sardegna eastwards. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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? AE(G) Al Cr Ct Cy Gr IJ It Li LS Sa Si(M S) Tn Tu(A E) |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
