Polycarpaea nivea

Polycarpaea nivea
Polycarpaea nivea in the vicinity of El Médano on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Polycarpaea
Species: P. nivea
Binomial name
Polycarpaea nivea
(Aiton, 1828) Webb
Synonyms
  • Achyranthes nivea Aiton
  • Polycarpaea microphylla Cav. (1801)
  • Illecebrum gnaphalodes Schousb.
  • Polycarpaea gnaphalodes (Schousb.) Poir. (1816)
  • Polycarpaea candida Webb & Berthel. (1840)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. diffusa Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. pygmaea Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. robusta Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea robusta (Pit.) G.Kunkel (1976)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. webbiana Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea lancifolia Christ[1]

Polycarpaea nivea is a species of plant that belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family. The species was described by William Aiton in 1828 as Achyranthes nivea, later it was placed under Polycarpaea by Philip Barker Webb around 1840.[2]

The species are named that the flower is colored like snow.

Description

It is a woody and thick shrub up to 3.2 cm long and has thick leaves with a silver colour, differing due the leaves being lanceolate and olivate.

Distribution

The species are founded in dunes and rocks in Mauritania, Morocco, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.[3]

Synonyms

  • Achyranthes nivea Aiton - basonym
  • Polycarpaea microphylla Cav. (1801)
  • Illecebrum gnaphalodes Schousb.
  • Polycarpaea gnaphalodes (Schousb.) Poir. (1816)
  • Polycarpaea candida Webb & Berthel. (1840)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. diffusa Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. pygmaea Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. robusta Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea robusta (Pit.) G.Kunkel (1976)
  • Polycarpaea candida var. webbiana Pit. (1909)
  • Polycarpaea lancifolia Christ[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Polycarpaea nivea". Geneva Botanical Garden and Conservatory: Flora africana. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Polycarpaea nivea". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Gomes et al 2003

Further reading

  • Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 66, 277.
  • Jahandierz, E. & R. Maire (1932). Catalogue des Plantes du Maroc. [vol. 2] [Catalogue of Plants from Morocco: Vol. 2] Minerva, Lechevalier eds. Algiers, p. 213
  • Maire R. (1963) Flore de l'Afrique du Nord (Flora do North Africa) Lechevalier ed., Paris, p. 77
  • Ozenda P. (1983) Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2) [Flora of the Sahara: 2nd Ed.]. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, p. 536
  • Greuter W., Burdet, H. M. & Long, G. (ed.) (1984). Med-Checklist [vol. 1] Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, p. 241
  • Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: [1-295]
  • Fennane, M., Tattou, M. ibn, Mathez J. Ouyahya, A. & Oualidi, J. El (ed.)(1999). Flore pratique du Maroc. vol. [1] [Practical Flora of Morocco: Vol. [1]] Trav. Inst. Sci., Bot. Ser. 36. Rabat, p. 195
  • Gomes, Isildo; et al. (2003). 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".
  • Fennane, M. & Tattou, M. ibn (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie. [Vascular Flora of Morocco: Inventory and Chorology] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Bot. Ser. Bot. 37: [124]
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