Cyprus is home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants.Endemic plants of Cyprus, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 August 2024. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats Cyprus as a botanical country.
Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.
Amaranthaceae Bosea cypria
Amaryllidaceae Allium autumnale Allium cupani subsp. cyprium Allium cyprium Allium cyprium subsp. cyprium – Troödos Mts. Allium cyprium subsp. lefkarense Allium exaltatum Allium marathasicum Allium meikleanum Allium willeanum
Apicaceae Bupleurum sintenisii – east-central and southeastern Cyprus Dichoropetalum kyriakae Pimpinella cypria Scaligeria alziarii
Araceae Arum cylindraceum subsp. pitsyllianum
Araliaceae Hedera cypria – Troödos Mts.
Asparagaceae Ornithogalum chionophilum – Troödos Mts. Ornithogalum pedicellare Scilla lochiae – Troödos Mts. Scilla morrisii – Troödos Mts.
Asteraceae Anthemis plutonia Anthemis plutonia var. artemisioides Anthemis plutonia var. plutonia Anthemis tricolor Carlina pygmaea Centaurea akamantis Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. angusticeps Centaurea cyprensis Cicerbita cyprica – Troodos Mts. Cynara makrisii Lactuca tetrantha – Troodos Mts. Onopordum cyprium Pseudopodospermum troodeum Ptilostemon chamaepeuce var. cyprius Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius – western and southwestern Cyprus Taraxacum aphrogenes – southwestern Cyprus Taraxacum holmboei – Troodos Mts.
Boraginaceae Onosma caespitosa Onosma fruticosa Onosma troodi
Brassicaceae Arabis cypria – northern and northeastern Cyprus Arabis kennedyae – western Cyprus Arabis purpurea – Troödos Mts. Erysimum kykkoticum Noccaea cypria – western Cyprus Odontarrhena akamasica – western Cyprus Odontarrhena chondrogyna – southwestern Cyprus Odontarrhena troodi – western Cyprus
Campanulaceae Campanula veneris Solenopsis antiphonitis Solenopsis meikleana
Caprifoliaceae Lomelosia cyprica Pterocephalus multiflorus Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus Pterocephalus multiflorus subsp. obtusifolius Valeriana orbiculata
Caryophyllaceae Arenaria rhodia subsp. cypria – western Cyprus Dianthus cyprius – northern and northeastern Cyprus Dianthus strictus subsp. troodi – western Cyprus Minuartia sintenisii – western Cyprus Petrorhagia kennedyae Sabulina subtilis subsp. filicaulis Saponaria cypria Silene fraudatrix Silene galataea Silene gemmata Silene laevigata Silene microsperma subsp. cypria – Famagusta
Cistaceae Cistus × akamantis (C. monspeliensis × C. parviflorus × C. salviifolius) Helianthemum obtusifolium Helianthemum salicifolium var. glabrum – north-central Cyprus
Colchicaceae Colchicum troodi
Convolvulaceae Convolvulus × cyprius (C. lineatus × C. oleifolius)
Crassulaceae Rosularia globulariifolia subsp. pallidiflora Sedum cyprium Sedum eriocarpum subsp. porphyreum Sedum lampusae Sedum microstachyum
Cyperaceae Carex cyprica Carex troodi – western Cyprus Cyperus cyprius – western Cyprus
Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia cassia subsp. rigoi Euphorbia lemesian Euphorbia veneris – western Cyprus
Fabaceae Astragalus cyprius Astragalus macrocarpus subsp. lefkarensis – western Cyprus, above Pano Lefkara Bituminaria kyreniae Genista fasselata subsp. crudelis Hedysarum cyprium Trifolium campestre subsp. paphium
Fagaceae Quercus alnifolia – Troödos Mts. Quercus × campitica (Q. alnifolia × Q. coccifera)
Hypericaceae Hypericum repens
Iridaceae Crocus cyprius – western Troödos Mts. Crocus hartmannianus – N. & EC. Cyprus Crocus veneris Gladiolus triphyllus
Lamiaceae Acanthoprasium integrifolium Clinopodium troodi subsp. troodi – Troödos Mts. Micromeria chionistrae – western Cyprus Nepeta italica subsp. troodi Origanum cordifolium – western Cyprus Phlomis brevibracteata Phlomis cypria Phlomis cypria var. cypria Phlomis cypria var. occidentalis – southwestern Cyprus Salvia veneris Salvia willeana – western Cyprus Scutellaria cypria – western Cyprus Scutellaria cypria subsp. cypria – western Cyprus Scutellaria cypria subsp. elatior – western Cyprus Scutellaria sibthorpii Sideritis cypria Teucrium cyprium – western Cyprus Teucrium divaricatum subsp. canescens Teucrium karpasiticum Teucrium kyreniae Teucrium micropodioides Teucrium salaminium Thymus integer
Lentibulariaceae Pinguicula crystallina – western Cyprus
Liliaceae Tulipa akamasica Tulipa cypria
Orchidaceae Ophrys argolica subsp. elegans Ophrys × cailliauana (O. bornmuelleri × O. sphegodes subsp. mammosa) Ophrys × jansenii (O. bornmuelleri × O. lutea subsp. galilaea) Ophrys × paphosiana (O. kotschyi × O. umbilicata) Orchis × tochniana (O. italica × O. punctulata) Serapias × cypria (S. bergonii × S. levantina)
Orobanchaceae Odontites linkii subsp. cyprius Orobanche zosimii
Papaveraceae Corydalis rutifolia – Troödos Mts. Papaver cyprium Papaver paphium Roemeria meiklei
Pinaceae Cedrus libani var. brevifolia – Troödos Mts.
Plumbaginaceae Limonium ammochostianum Limonium cyprium Limonium karpasiticum Limonium mucronulatum Limonium paralimniticum
Poaceae Aegilops × insulae-cypri (A. geniculata × A. peregrina) Agrostis cypricola Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. cypricola Poa sintenisii – Troodos Mts. Rostraria hadjikyriakou Sporobolus hadjikyriakou
Portulacaceae Portulaca edulis
Primulaceae Cyclamen cyprium
Ranunculaceae Delphinium fissum subsp. caseyi Ranunculus cyprius Ranunculus kykkoensis Ranunculus leptaleus
Rosaceae Rosa chionistrae
Rubiaceae Rubia laurae Thliphthisa suberosa
Urticaceae Urtica cypria
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