Echium leucophaeum
| Echium leucophaeum | |
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| Echium leucophaeum (Spanish: tajinaste de anaga) at San Andrés, Tenerife Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. leucophaeum |
| Binomial name | |
| Echium leucophaeum Webb ex Sprague & Hutch. | |
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Echium leucophaeum is an endemic species of white coloured[1] perennial plant in the family Boraginaceae, that can be found in Tenerife. The plant have leather-like leaves, which are also densely spiny.
Description
Its name in Spanish is tajinaste (rarely as taginaste) de anaga[2] which mainly comes from the Guanche name anaga.
The species name is from the Greek (λευκοφαίον, Modern form: λευκοφαίο) for "shining white" due to its colours.[3]
It is a herbaceous shrub with many inflorescence cones with white flowers. Its stems can grow up to 1.5 cm.
Echium leucophaeum is closely related to Echium aculeatum of the island. And E. brevirame, E. gentianoides, E. piniana and E. webbii of La Palma.
References
- ↑ "Echium aculeatum". Tropicos. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ↑ Names at Floras de Canarias (Flora of the Canary Islands)
- ↑ In a Botanical Epithet
External links
- htm Pictures of a plant
- http://www.floradecanarias.com/echium_leucophaeum.html
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