Pulicaria dioscorides
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Pulicaria dioscorides is a species of flowering plant
in the Asteraceae
family.
It is found only in Yemen
.
Its natural habitat
is rocky areas.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
family.
It is found only in Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
.
Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
is rocky areas.
Source
- Miller, A. 2004. Pulicaria dioscorides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Miller, A. G. & Morris, M. (2004). "Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago". Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. ISBN 1-872291-597 [species original description]