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Eokochia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the amaranth family. The only species is Eokochia saxicola, a very rare plant only found in Italy.
Eokochia saxicola is endemic to Italy and only known from five locations. One on the island of Ischia, two on Capri, Strombolicchio near Stromboli, and finally the recently discovered location in Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park on the mainland in Campania. All the known populations are near the Tyrrhenian Sea, west of Italy. In 2004 the plant had a known population of approximately 30 mature plants on Strombolicchio and 100 on Capri, but was probably locally extinct on Ischia. The population in Strombolicchio grow on the northern cliffs of the island. A few plants cultivated at the Botanical Garden of Naples were reintroduced to Ischia around 2013 near the site where Gussone first saw the plant.
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