Aeonium gorgoneum

Aeonium gorgoneum
Aeonium gorgoneum at the University of California Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Aeonium
Species: A. gorgoneum
Binomial name
Aeonium gorgoneum
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeonium webbii Bolle

Aeonium gorgoneum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic in Cape Verde. The plant was first scientifically described by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1852.[3]

Its local name is called salão.[4] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine for the treatment of bronchitis.[4]

Description

The plant is a perennial shrub and grows up to about 2 m tall.

Its chromosome number is 2n = 36.[5]

Distribution and ecology

Aeonium gorgoneum is found on the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente and São Nicolau[6] at elevations from 300 to 1,300 m above sea level. Before the end of the Ice Age, they were likely to be founded at lower locations than today.

Other

A $5 escudo coin featuring Aeonium gorgoneum

Aeonium gorgoneum is featured on a Cape Verdean $100 escudo coin in 1994.

Aeonium gorgoneum was also featured on a Cape Verdean stamp issued in 2002.[7]

One of the plants is at the University of California Botanical Garden.

Possible synonym

The plant name Sempervivum gorgoneum J.A. Schmidt ex. Cout, published in 1914,[8] may be a synonym.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Catarino, S., Duarte, M.C. & Romeiras, M.M. 2017. Aeonium gorgoneum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T107356246A107468052. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107356246A107468052.en. Downloaded on 03 October 2018.
  2. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 30 July 2016
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 258–259.
  4. 1 2 Gomes, Isildo p. 21
  5. ↑ Aeonium gorgoneum, Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  6. ↑ "Endemic plants of São Nicolau". Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  7. ↑ "CV002,02". Universal Postal Union.
  8. ↑ The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 29 October 2016
  9. ↑ "Sempervivum gorgoneum", The Plant List, retrieved 29 October 2016

Further reading

  • Isildo Gomes et al., Endemic plants and indigenous trees of the Cape Verde Islands, Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fishery and the Projects Conservation and Exploration of the Natural Resources on the Island Fogo (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeitand) and Conservation of Biodiversity, 2003, p. 21
  • Reto Nyffeler, Aeonium gorgoneum. Urs Eggli (Hrsg.) Sukkulenten-Lexikon. Crassulaceae (Dickblattgewächse). Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7, p. 17. (in German)
  • Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 65–66.
  • "Aeonia gorgoneum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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