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Naufraga (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Scientific name
  
Naufraga balearica

Order
  
Apiales

Family
  
Apiaceae

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Naufraga Constance & Cannon

Similar
  
Apium bermejoi, Endressia, Myrrhidendron, Lichtensteinia, Physospermum

Naufraga balearica is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family, and the only species in the genus Naufraga. It is endemic to the Spanish island of Majorca, where it is found only at the base of cliffs at the north of the island. A population was discovered on Corsica in 1981, but it had died out by 1983, and it is not clear whether it arrived naturally. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores, and is threatened by habitat loss.

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Naufraga (plant) Wikipedia