Coincya monensis subsp. monensis
| Isle of Man cabbage | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Coincya |
| Species: | L. Greuter & Burdet
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| Subspecies: | C. m. subsp. monensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Coincya monensis subsp. monensis | |
Coincya monensis subsp. monensis, the Isle of Man cabbage,[1] is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae that is found in coastal habitats on the west of the island of Great Britain (from north Devon to Kintyre) and around the coasts of the Isle of Man.
Conservation status
The subspecies is thought to naturally occur in only 22 localities and is endemic to the British Isles. It is listed as a nationally scarce British species and is in serious risk of extinction. The species was once abundant on the Isle of Man, hence its name, however, for an unknown reason its population has collapsed to only a few individual and isolated plants. On the Isle of Man, the Manx Wildlife Trust began propagating the species in their greenhouses in 2006. It is hoped that this will halt the decline of the species and prevent its extinction. In 2022 it was added to the Isle of Man’s red-list of plants of conservation concern.[2]
Habitat
The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, which must be well-drained yet moist. The plant can grow in
Biology
The Isle-of-Man cabbage, a
Taxonomy
Other subspecies in the genus Coincya are the Lundy cabbage, Coincya wrightii, and the star mustard, Coincya monensis subsp. recurvata. The star mustard, a plant introduced to eight U.S. states, is the same species as the Isle of Man cabbage but a different subspecies. It may have been introduced to the U.S. as the Isle-of Man cabbage and subsequently evolved through the founder effect and geographic isolation into a new subspecies.
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References
- ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
- ^ "Plants of Conservation Concern Isle of Man | Manx Wildlife Trust". www.mwt.im. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press (1962).