Periploca laevigata

Periploca laevigata
In habitat, Los Felipes, Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Genus:Periploca
Species: P. laevigata
Binomial name
Periploca laevigata

Periploca laevigata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands[1] and Cape Verde.

The species was described by William Aiton and was published in Hortus Kewensis in 1789.[2] Its Spanish names are cornicabra or cornical. Cornicabra means goat horn.

Subspecies

  • Periploca laevigata subsp. chevalieri (Browicz) G. Kunkel - found in Cape Verde

Description

The plant is a shrub and can grow up to 2 metres. Its leaves are lanceolate or. Its stems grow up to 15 cm and is about 1 cm thick. Its petals are oblong at the end and has a yellowish-green colour at its ends, inside, it is brown. Its seed pods are long and pointed-like at the ends.

Its chromosome number is 2n = 22.[3]

Distribution

The plant is native to the Canary Islands,[4][5] the Savage Islands and Cape Verde. In Cape Verde they are founded in the islands of Brava, Fogo, Santa Luzia, Santiago, Santo Antão and São Nicolau.[5][6] Some authors put the Cape Verdean subspecies as separate (as Periploca chevalieri, Browicz).

References

  1. 1 2 "Periploca laevigata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-11
  2. ↑ William Aiton: Hortus Kewensis, or, a catalogue the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Volume I (Monandria–Heptandria), George Nicol, London 1789, p. 301
  3. ↑ Periploca laevigata, Tropicos, IPCN Chromosome Reports, Missouri Botanical Gardens
  4. ↑ Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres (List of Wooden Species of the Canary Islands). 2009. Gobierno de Canarias 2010, p. 148 ISBN 978-84-89729-21-6
  5. 1 2 Alfred Hansen, Per Sunding: Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants (= Sommerfeltia. Band 17). 4. revised edition. Botanical Garden and Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo 1993, p. 34–35. ISBN 82-7420-019-5
  6. ↑ Manuel Arechavaleta Hernández, Nieves Zurita Pérez, María de Carmen Marrero Gómez, José Luis Martín Esquivel Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres) (Preliminary List of Wooden Species of Cape Verde). 2005. Consejería de Médio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, Gobierno de Canarias 2005, p. 46 ISBN 84-89729-25-5 (in Spanish)

Bibliography

  • Peter Schönfelder, Ingrid Schönfelder: Die Kosmos-Kanarenflora. Über 850 Arten der Kanarenflora und 48 tropische Ziergehölze (= Kosmos-Naturführer). 2nd ed. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-440-10750-7.


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