Endemism

Endemism means that something is unique to a geographical area. An endemic species of Ibiza (or of the Balearic Islands) is one that lives nowhere else on Earth. For example the Balearic Saint John's-wort only lives in the Balearics, the Ibicencan broom (Genista dorycnifolia) only on Ibiza.

Endemics are particularly vulnerable to changes in their environment.

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Ophrys balearica (= O. bertolonni ssp. balearica), the only endemic orchid of the Balearics

Lacerta pityusensis, the endemic lizard of the Pityuses