ILUSTRACIÓN CIENTÍFICA-BOTANICAL ART

JUAN L. CASTILLO

ENDEMISMS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

The geographical situation of Spanish territory (mainland and islands) as well as the topography, climate and geological events occurred from the end of the Tertiary period through the early Quaternary, constitute some of the peculiarities that have conditioned the appearance in Spain of a particular Flora, quantitatively and intrinsically the richest of the European continent. The result of these and many other factors currently enable us to enjoy a plant heritage with an extraordinary wealth.

Arum pictum subsp. sagittifolium ARACEAE

Arum pictum subsp. sagittifolium ARACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2012

Endemic to the Balearic islands: Mallorca and Menorca.

Biarum carratracense ARACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2013

Endemic to S of the Iberian Peninsula: Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla.

Biarum mendax ARACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014

Endemic to SW of the Iberian Peninsula: Badajoz, Cádiz, Córdoba, Sevilla and Alto Alentejo.

Cypripedium calceolus ORCHIDACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2013

This orchid is in regression in the Iberian Peninsula. It has been included in the Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de España in the category C1

Erodium glandulosum GERANIACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2001

Endemic to the Iberian Peninsula: Cordillera Cantábrica, Pirineos and Sistema Ibérico.

Linaria verticillata SCROPHULARIACEAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2013

Endemic to the mountains of SE of the Iberian Peninsula.

Senecio boissieri COMPOSITAE

Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2013

Endemic to the high mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, excluding the eastern part . Butterflies (Plebeius idas subsp. nevadensis), endemic to Sierra Nevada.

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