''Coincya cintrana'' is a
flowering plant
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of the family
Brassicaceae
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. It is a hemicryptophyte plant, and it grows on walls, in steep areas and in rocky slopes. It
flowers
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from April until June.
The species authority is (Cout.) P.Silva, and was published in ''
Bol. Soc. Brot.'' sér. 2, 60: 153. 1987.
It is protected by Portuguese and European Union legislations, namely by the annex II and IV of the
Habitats Directive
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.
Distribution
It's an
endemic
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species from continental
Portugal
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:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
, namely from
Serra de Sintra
The Sintra Mountains ( pt, Serra de Sintra), is a mountain range in western Portugal. Its highest point is at 529 meters (1,736 ft) near Sintra. The range covers about 16 kilometers (10 mi) from the resort town of Sintra to ''(Cape R ...
,
Serra de Santo António
Serra de Santo António is a civil parish in the municipality of Alcanena
Alcanena () is a portuguese town and municipality of Ribatejo in Santarém District. The population in 2011 was 13,868, in an area of 127.33 km².
The current Mayor i ...
and
Serra de Montejunto
Serra (Latin for "saw") may refer to:
People
* Serra (footballer) (born 1961), Portuguese footballer
* Serra (surname)
* Serra (given name)
Cities, towns, municipalities Brazil
* Serra, Espírito Santo, a city in the Greater Vitória area
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Synonyms
The Plant List lists this species as a synonym of ''
Coincya monensis
''Coincya monensis'' is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. ''Coincya monensis'' is native to western Europe and Morocco, but has been introduced in North America.
Subspecies
It contains the subspecies:
* ''C. monensis'' subsp. ''che ...
'' subsp. ''cheiranthos'' (Vill.) C.Aedo Pérez, Leadlay & Muñoz Garm. In the Tropicos database, the accepted name is also the subspecies mentioned earlier.
EUNIS states that this species is a synonym of ''
Rhynchosinapsis pseudoerucastrum'' subsp. ''cintrana''.
EUNIS
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References
Bibliography
(Continental, Açores e Madeira) - Sociedade Lusitana de Fitossociologia
Checklist da Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira
(Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas e Selvagens) - Grupo de Botânica da Madeira
External links
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' - Flora-on
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' - Flora iberica
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' - EUNIS
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' - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliography
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' - ICN - Plano Sectorial da Rede Natura 2000
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Flora of Portugal
cintrana
Endemic flora of Portugal
Endemic flora of the Iberian Peninsula