Diplotaxis siettiana

Diplotaxis siettiana
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Diplotaxis
Species: D. siettiana
Binomial name
Diplotaxis siettiana
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Diplotaxis siettiana, known in Spanish as jaramago de Alborán, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to Alborán Island in the western Mediterranean Sea, where it grows only around the helipad. The natural population became extinct in 1974, but was re-introduced in 1999. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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