List of endemic plants of Cyprus

Cyprus is home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants.^[1] The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats Cyprus as a botanical country.

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.

Amaranthaceae

• Bosea cypria Boiss. ex Hook.f.

Amaryllidaceae

• Allium autumnale P.H.Davis
• Allium cupani subsp. cyprium Meikle
• Allium cyprium Brullo
  • Allium cyprium subsp. cyprium – Troödos Mts.
  • Allium cyprium subsp. lefkarense (Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri) Christodoulou & Hand
• Allium exaltatum (Meikle) Brullo, Pavone, Salmeri & Venora
• Allium marathasicum Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri
• Allium meikleanum Brullo, Pavone & Salmeri
• Allium willeanum Holmboe

Apicaceae

• Bupleurum sintenisii Asch. & Urb. ex Huter – east-central and southeastern Cyprus
• Dichoropetalum kyriakae (Hadjik. & Alziar) Hand & Hadjik
• Pimpinella cypria Boiss.
• Scaligeria alziarii Hand, Hadjik. & Zetzsche

Araceae

• Arum cylindraceum subsp. pitsyllianum Hadjik.

Araliaceae

• Hedera cypria McAll. – Troödos Mts.

Asparagaceae

• Ornithogalum chionophilum Holmboe – Troödos Mts.
• Ornithogalum pedicellare Boiss. & Kotschy
• Scilla lochiae (Meikle) Speta – Troödos Mts.
• Scilla morrisii Meikle – Troödos Mts.

Asteraceae

• Anthemis plutonia Meikle
  • Anthemis plutonia var. artemisioides (Holmboe) Oberpr. & Vogt
  • Anthemis plutonia var. plutonia
• Anthemis tricolor Boiss.
• Carlina pygmaea Holmboe
• Centaurea akamantis T.Georgiadis & Hadjik
• Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. angusticeps (H.Lindb.) Meikle
• Centaurea cyprensis (Holub) T.Georgiadis
• Cicerbita cyprica (Rech.f.) M.Güzel – Troodos Mts.
• Cynara makrisii Hand & Hadjik
• Lactuca tetrantha B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis – Troodos Mts.
• Onopordum cyprium Eig
• Pseudopodospermum troodeum (Boiss.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian
• Ptilostemon chamaepeuce var. cyprius Greuter
• Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius – western and southwestern Cyprus
• Taraxacum aphrogenes Meikle – southwestern Cyprus
• Taraxacum holmboei H.Lindb. – Troodos Mts.

Boraginaceae

• Onosma caespitosa Kotschy
• Onosma fruticosa Sm.
• Onosma troodi Kotschy

Brassicaceae

• Arabis cypria Holmboe – northern and northeastern Cyprus
• Arabis kennedyae Meilke – western Cyprus
• Arabis purpurea Sm. – Troödos Mts.
• Erysimum kykkoticum Hadjik. & Alziar
• Noccaea cypria (Bornm.) F.K.Mey. – western Cyprus
• Odontarrhena akamasica (B.L.Burtt) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – western Cyprus
• Odontarrhena chondrogyna (B.L.Burtt) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – southwestern Cyprus
• Odontarrhena troodi (Boiss.) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold – western Cyprus

Campanulaceae

• Campanula veneris Carlström
• Solenopsis antiphonitis Hadjik. & Hand
• Solenopsis meikleana Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, V.Tomas.

Caprifoliaceae

• Lomelosia cyprica (Post) Greuter & Burdet
• Pterocephalus multiflorus Poech
  • Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus
  • Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. obtusifolius Holmboe
• Valeriana orbiculata Sm.

Caryophyllaceae

• Arenaria rhodia subsp. cypria (Holmboe) McNeill – western Cyprus
• Dianthus cyprius A.K.Jacks. & Turrill – northern and northeastern Cyprus
• Dianthus strictus subsp. troodi (Post) B.F.Osoriol & Seraphim ex Greuter & Burdet – western Cyprus
• Minuartia sintenisii (H.Lindb.) Rech.f. – western Cyprus
• Petrorhagia kennedyae (A.K.Jacks. & Turrill) P.W.Ball & Heywood
• Sabulina subtilis subsp. filicaulis (H.Lindb.) Dillenb. & Kadereit
• Saponaria cypria Boiss.
• Silene fraudatrix Meikle
• Silene galataea Boiss.
• Silene gemmata Meikle
• Silene laevigata Sm.
• Silene microsperma subsp. cypria Eggens, F.Jafari & Oxelman – Famagusta

Cistaceae

• Cistus × akamantis Demoly (C. monspeliensis × C. parviflorus × C. salviifolius)
• Helianthemum obtusifolium Dunal
• Helianthemum salicifolium var. glabrum Meikle – north-central Cyprus

Colchicaceae

• Colchicum troodi Kotschy

Convolvulaceae

• Convolvulus × cyprius Boiss. (C. lineatus × C. oleifolius)

Crassulaceae

• Rosularia globulariifolia subsp. pallidiflora (Holmboe) Yıld.
• Sedum cyprium A.K.Jacks. & Turrill
• Sedum eriocarpum subsp. porphyreum (Kotschy) 't Hart
• Sedum lampusae (Kotschy) Boiss.
• Sedum microstachyum (Kotschy) Boiss.

Cyperaceae

• Carex cyprica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
• Carex troodi Turrill – western Cyprus
• Cyperus cyprius Post – western Cyprus

Euphorbiaceae

• Euphorbia cassia subsp. rigoi (Boiss. ex Freyn) Holmboe
• Euphorbia lemesian Hadjik., Hand, Christodoulou & Frajman
• Euphorbia veneris M.L.S.Khan – western Cyprus

Fabaceae

• Astragalus cyprius Boiss.
• Astragalus macrocarpus subsp. lefkarensis Meikle & Kirchhoff – western Cyprus, above Pano Lefkara
• Bituminaria kyreniae Giusso, C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria & Miniss.
• Genista fasselata subsp. crudelis (Meikle) Chrtek & B.Slavík
• Hedysarum cyprium Boiss.
• Trifolium campestre subsp. paphium Meikle

Fagaceae

• Quercus alnifolia Poech – Troödos Mts.
• Quercus × campitica Hadjik. & Hand (Q. alnifolia × Q. coccifera)

Hypericaceae

• Hypericum repens L.

Iridaceae

• Crocus cyprius Boiss. & Kotschy – western Troödos Mts.
• Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe – N. & EC. Cyprus
• Crocus veneris Tapp. ex Poech
• Gladiolus triphyllus (Sm.) Ker Gawl

Lamiaceae

• Acanthoprasium integrifolium (Benth.) Ryding
• Clinopodium troodi subsp. troodi – Troödos Mts.
• Micromeria chionistrae Meikle – western Cyprus
• Nepeta italica subsp. troodi (Holmboe) A.L.Budantzev
• Origanum cordifolium (Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.) Vogel – western Cyprus
• Phlomis brevibracteata Turrill
• Phlomis cypria Post
  • Phlomis cypria var. cypria
  • Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis Meikle – southwestern Cyprus
• Salvia veneris Hedge
• Salvia willeana (Holmboe) Hedge – western Cyprus
• Scutellaria cypria Rech.f. – western Cyprus
  • Scutellaria cypria subsp. cypria – western Cyprus
  • Scutellaria cypria subsp. elatior (Meikle) Hand – western Cyprus
• Scutellaria sibthorpii (Benth.) Halácsy
• Sideritis cypria Post
• Teucrium cyprium Boiss. – western Cyprus
• Teucrium divaricatum subsp. canescens (Čelak.) Holmboe
• Teucrium karpasiticum Hadjik. & Hand
• Teucrium kyreniae (P.H.Davis) Hadjik. & Hand
• Teucrium micropodioides Rouy
• Teucrium salaminium Hadjik. & Hand
• Thymus integer Griseb.

Lentibulariaceae

• Pinguicula crystallina Sm. – western Cyprus

Liliaceae

• Tulipa akamasica Christodoulou, Hand & Charalamb.
• Tulipa cypria Stapf ex Turrill

Orchidaceae

• Ophrys argolica subsp. elegans (Renz) E.Nelson
• Ophrys × cailliauana P.Delforge (O. bornmuelleri × O. sphegodes subsp. mammosa)
• Ophrys × jansenii P.Delforge (O. bornmuelleri × O. lutea subsp. galilaea)
• Ophrys × paphosiana H.Baumann & Künkele (O. kotschyi × O. umbilicata)
• Orchis × tochniana Kreutz & Scraton (O. italica × O. punctulata)
• Serapias × cypria H.Baumann & Künkele (S. bergonii × S. levantina)

Orobanchaceae

• Odontites linkii subsp. cyprius (Boiss.) Bolliger
• Orobanche zosimii (M.J.Y.Foley) Domina

Papaveraceae

• Corydalis rutifolia (Sm.) DC. – Troödos Mts.
• Papaver cyprium (Chrtek & B.Slavík) M.V.Agab., Christodoulou & Hand
• Papaver paphium M.V.Agab., Christodoulou & Hand
• Roemeria meiklei (Kadereit) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso

Pinaceae

• Cedrus libani var. brevifolia Hook.f. – Troödos Mts.

Plumbaginaceae

• Limonium ammochostianum Erben, Christodoulou, Hand & Kefalas
• Limonium cyprium (Meikle) Hand & Buttler
• Limonium karpasiticum Kefalas, Erben, Christodoulou & Hand
• Limonium mucronulatum (H.Lindb.) Greuter & Burdet
• Limonium paralimniticum Christodoulou, Erben, Hand & Kefalas

Poaceae

• Aegilops × insulae-cypri H.Scholz (A. geniculata × A. peregrina)
• Agrostis cypricola H.Lindb.
• Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. cypricola (H.Scholz) Romero Zarco
• Poa sintenisii H.Lindb. – Troodos Mts.
• Rostraria hadjikyriakou Christodoulou & Hand
• Sporobolus hadjikyriakou (Raus & H.Scholz) P.M.Peterson

Portulacaceae

• Portulaca edulis Danin & Bagella

Primulaceae

• Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy

Ranunculaceae

• Delphinium fissum subsp. caseyi (B.L.Burtt) C.Blanché & Molero
• Ranunculus cyprius (Boiss.) Chrtek & B.Slavík
• Ranunculus kykkoensis Meikle
• Ranunculus leptaleus DC.

Rosaceae

• Rosa chionistrae H.Lindb.

Rubiaceae

• Rubia laurae (Holmboe) Airy Shaw
• Thliphthisa suberosa (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio

Urticaceae

• Urtica cypria (H.Lindb.) Hand