Limonium jovibarba
| Limonium jovibarba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Limonium |
| Species: | L. jovibarba |
| Binomial name | |
| Limonium jovibarba (Kunze, 1891) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowers that belong to the Plumbaginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde[3] and is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.[1] The genus was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891.
Together with Limonium braunii and Limonium brunneri, its local name is carqueja.[3]
Distribution and ecology
Limonium jovibarba[3] are founded in humid areas and in rocky escarpments between 50 and 450 meters, only in the island of São Vicente in the area of Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes and the mountain area of Monte Gordo[4] in the west of the island of São Nicolau.
References
- 1 2 "Limonium jovibarba". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 3.1. 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln.
- 1 2 3 Gomes et al 2003, p. 25
- ↑ Endemic plants of São Nicolau Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine.
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
- Wolfram Lobin, Teresa Leyens, Norbert Kilian, Matthias Erben, Klaus Lewejohann, The Genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) on the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Willdenowia, Berli), vol. 25, no. 1, 20 June 1994, p. 197-214
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