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Troodos rockcress fact file

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Troodos rockcress description

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Capparales
Family	Cruciferae
Genus	Arabis ⁽¹⁾

ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant species that face a high risk of extinction by raising awareness of the conservation issues and actions needed. The first of the Top 50 series highlights a selection of the most threatened Mediterranean island plants, with a booklet and website providing information.

For further information, please see the IUCN's Top 50 fact file on this species.

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Troodos rockcress status

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List ⁽¹⁾. Listed on Appendix I of the Bern Convention ⁽²⁾ and included as a priority species in Annexes II and IV of the EC Habitats Directive ⁽³⁾.

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For information on the IUCN/SSC Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group, please see:
http://data.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/mipsg/index.htm

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References

IUCN Red List (December, 2008)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
Bern Convention (February, 2007)
http://www.coe.int/t/e/cultural_co-operation/environment/nature_and_biological_diversity/
EC Habitats Directive (December, 2008)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:HTML

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Troodos rockcress

IUCN SSC Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
gspim@biolconseils.ch

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Troodos rockcress (Arabis kennedyae)

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