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Apium bermejoi

Apium bermejoi
Apium bermejoi 01.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Apium
Species: A. bermejoi
Binomial name
Apium bermejoi
L.Llorens

Apium bermejoi is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It is not closely related to the wild form of celery, A. graveolens, being more properly placed in the genus Helosciadium in the tribe Oenantheae.A. bermejoi is now endemic to a single location in the northeast part of Menorca in the Balearic Islands of Spain. Across two populations, there are fewer than a hundred individuals surviving. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.



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