Echium stenosiphon

Echium stenosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Boraginales
Family:Boraginaceae
Genus:Echium
Species: E. stenosiphon
Binomial name
Echium stenosiphon
Webb, 1849

Echium stenosiphon is a plant species that belongs to the Boraginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde.[1] The second part of the scientific name means the narrow siphon.[1]

Together with Echium vulcanorum and Echium hypertropicum, its local name is lingua de vaca (cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves.[2] The plant is used for medicinal and dietary purposes for a cough syrup.[3]

Distribution and ecology

Echium stenosiphon is found in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau,[4] São Vicente (especially Monte Verde). It mainly occurs in the subhumid and humid zones, but has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.[1]

Flowers of E. stenosiphon at Monte Verde.

Subspecies

Listed by NCBI:[5]

  • Echium stenosiphon subsp. glabrescens
  • Echium stenosiphon subsp. lindbergii
  • Echium stenosiphon subsp. stenosiphon

Numismatics

Echium stenosiphon was featured on a Cape Verdean $10 escudo coin in 1994.

Other

Echium stenosiphon can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island. Also it can be founded in Europe at the Berlin Botanical Garden in Germany, one of a few Cape Verdean originated plants founded in the country.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Romeiras, Maria M.; Cotrim, Helena C.; Duarte, Maria C.; Pais, Maria S. (2007). "Genetic diversity of three endangered species of Echium L. (Boraginaceae) endemic to Cape Verde Islands". Biodiversity and Conservation. Springer. 16: 547–566. doi:10.1007/s10531-006-6734-0.
  2. ↑ Gomes et al 2003, p. 16
  3. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Endemic plants of São Nicolau Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ NCBI, accessed 28 May 2012

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. 17
  • Maria M. Romeiras, Helena C. Cotrim, Maria C. Duarte et Maria S. Pais, Genetic diversity of three endangered species of Echium L. (Boraginaceae) endemic to Cape Verde Islands, in Biodiversity & Conservation, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 547-566
  • Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 66, 226–227.
  • The endemic vascular plants of the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Sommerfeltia 24, 1997, C. Brochmann, Ø. H. Rustan, W. Lobin & N. Kilian, ISSN 0800-6865, ISBN 82-7420-033-0
  • "Echium stenosiphon Steud. ex Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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