''Coincya cintrana'' is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

of the family

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. It is a hemicryptophyte plant, and it grows on walls, in steep areas and in rocky slopes. It

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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

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Distribution

It's an

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species from continental

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, namely from

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and Serra de Montejunto.

Synonyms

The Plant List lists this species as a synonym of '' Coincya monensis'' 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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(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

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