Barbarea macrophylla

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	CAPPARALES	CRUCIFERAE

Scientific Name:	Barbarea macrophylla
Species Authority:	(Halácsy) Halácsy
Synonym/s:	Barbarea vulgaris subspecies macrophylla Halácsy
Taxonomic Notes:	There is some uncertainty about the validity of Barbarea macrophylla (Halácsy) Halácsy. It was described in 1899 from Pilion in eastern Greece but according to Tutin et al. (1964) and Strid (1986) is probably only a variant of B. vulgaris. If a valid taxon, it is a wild relative of the cultivated Barbarea species, B. verna (Mill.) Asch. (land cress), and B. vulgaris R. Br. (winter cress).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Kell, S.P.
Reviewer/s:	Maxted, N. & Nieto, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification: Barbarea macrophylla is assessed as Data Deficient as there is currently insufficient information available to evaluate this species. Further research is needed to confirm the validity of this taxon. If it is considered to be valid, information is needed on its exact distribution and habitat type, the population size and trend, potential threats, and its in situ and ex situ conservation status.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	B. macrophylla is endemic to Greece (Euro+Med PlantBase 2006). As the validity of this taxon is uncertain, the exact distribution is unknown.
Countries:	Native: Greece (Greece (mainland))
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Population [top]

Population:	If it is a valid taxon, further research is needed to gather information about its population size and trend.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Strid (1986) includes B. macrophylla in the description of B. vulgaris and describes it as growing on montane levels and occasionally in wet habitats on the timberline in northern Greece. If a valid taxon, further research is needed to gather information about its specific habitat.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	If a valid taxon, further research is needed to gather information about the potential threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

If a valid taxon, further research is needed to gather information about the potential threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The genus Barbarea is listed in Annex I of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture as part of the brassica complex. No germplasm accessions of B. macrophylla are reported by EURISCO to be held in European genebanks (EURISCO Catalogue 2010). Further research is needed to confirm the validity of this species. If it is considered a valid taxon, information is needed on its exact distribution and habitat type, the population size and trend, potential threats, and its in situ and ex situ conservation status.

Conservation Actions:

The genus Barbarea is listed in Annex I of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture as part of the brassica complex.

No germplasm accessions of B. macrophylla are reported by EURISCO to be held in European genebanks (EURISCO Catalogue 2010).

Further research is needed to confirm the validity of this species. If it is considered a valid taxon, information is needed on its exact distribution and habitat type, the population size and trend, potential threats, and its in situ and ex situ conservation status.

Bibliography [top]

	EURISCO Catalogue. 2010. http://eurisco.ecpgr.org. (Accessed: September 2010). Euro+Med PlantBase. 2006. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity. Version 2006. Berlin. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011). Strid, A. (ed.). 1986. Mountain flora of Greece Volume 1, Part One. pp. 437. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. and Webb, D.A. (eds). 1964. Flora Europaea Volume 1: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. pp. 464. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

EURISCO Catalogue. 2010. http://eurisco.ecpgr.org. (Accessed: September 2010).

Euro+Med PlantBase. 2006. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity. Version 2006. Berlin.

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).

Strid, A. (ed.). 1986. Mountain flora of Greece Volume 1, Part One. pp. 437. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. and Webb, D.A. (eds). 1964. Flora Europaea Volume 1: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. pp. 464. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Citation:	Kell, S.P. 2011. Barbarea macrophylla. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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