Anthemis chrysantha
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| Anthemis chrysantha | |
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| in La Azohía, Cartagena, Spain. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Anthemis |
| Species: | A. chrysantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthemis chrysantha | |
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Anthemis chrysantha (known in Spanish as manzanilla de Escombreras or "Escombreras chamomile") is an Ibero-North African annual asteraceae endemism present in a few Cartagenan and Algerian islets and coastal locations.
Researchers have observed enough differences between the Spanish and Algerian populations so as to conclude that they are separate subspecies.[1]
The plant was described by Jacques Etienne Gay.
Historically the plant was present in four Spanish locations, all within Cartagena's municipality. Currently, the situation is as follows:
- Escombreras' islet population at the mouth of Cartagena's port (about 12,000 ex. concentrated in just 0,002 square kilometres).[1]
- La Azohía's point, in Mazarrón's bay (about 40,000 ex. in just 0,01 square kilometres)[1]
- Track has been lost of a third population described in 1996 in Sierra de la Muela (la Muela range).[1]
- The population present at Aguilones' point in the Fausilla range disappeared as a result of the enlargement of Cartagena's port. It was recovered in 2015 thanks to a plan sponsored by Cartagena's Port Authority (CPA), Cartagena's Politechnical University and the Fundación Biodiversidad. Funding was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the CPA.[2]
- As a part of the recovery plan mentioned above, two new populations were created in Cala del Bolete Grande and la Algamela Chica.[2]