Teucrium balthazaris
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Teucrium balthazaris is a species of flowering plant
in the Lamiaceae
family.
It is found only in Spain
.
Its natural habitat
is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
family.
It is found only in Spain
Spain
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.
Its natural habitat
Habitat
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is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Cabello, J., Alcaraz, D., Carrión Vilches, M.Á. & Sánchez-Gómez, P. 2006. Teucrium balthazaris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.