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specific species of the small island Chrissi of Ierapetra /Crete ( Image from : STIGMES, the magazine of Crete , http://stigmes.gr ) Crocus Atticus Tulipa Boeotica Iris Cretica (Ίρις η κρητική) Fraxinus orcnus Quercus ilex Quercus coccifera Phillyrea media Junipeus oxycedrus Among the 1700 plants of Olymps: Jankaea Heldreichii (γιαγκαία του Χέλντραϊχ) a species which grows only on Mount Olympus. other 22 specific plants of Olymp:
Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis L) The Biebersteinia orphanidis species was discovered by Theodoros G. Orphanides in 1851 on Mount Kyllini, after considered to be extinct it was found 1994 by D. Vassiliades and Th. Constantinides in a nearby mountain Origanum dictamnus (Dittany of Crete) List of national parks of Greece Nassos Daphnis - a Life for Art and Peonies John Fielding, N.J. Turland, Brian Matthew, Flowers of Crete , Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew, 2005, ISBN: 184246079X |
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