Colchicum costurieri: EXCLUSIVELY IN CHRISSI ISLAND

Colchicum - EXCLUSIVELY IN CHRISI ISLAND

The number of vegetal species of Chrisi Island, commonly known as Gaidouronisi, which administratively belongs to the Municipality of Ierapetra, is quite large compared to its extent of ground and corresponds to the 1/20 of the Cretan flora.

There are more than a hundred plant species which have been reported up to date. Of those, thirteen species are native of Greece, five of those are native of Crete and one is endemic of Chrisi, meaning it exists solely on this tiny island. It is called Colchicum costurieri. It was recently photographed for the first time, the picture taken by the academic Pavlos Dakalakis, of the Environmental Team of Ierapetra.

Full article (in Greek) in STIGMES issue no 77 and in Ecocrete.gr

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