Ribes sardoum
Sardinian currant
Family Grossulariaceae
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About
Ribes sardoum, the Sardinian currant, is a critically endangered currant known from a single population of about 100 plants on the Italian island of Sardinia.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to Sardinia, Italy, where one population grows at about 900 m in a small southeast-facing valley on limestone, in Mediterranean scrub and rocky ground.
Conservation
Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and included in the IUCN Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants campaign; threatened by habitat loss, with around 100 individuals in total.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Italy
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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