Tetraena fontanesii

Tetraena fontanesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Zygophyllales
Family:Zygophyllaceae
Genus:Tetraena
Species: T. fontanesii
Binomial name
Tetraena fontanesii
(Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin[1]

Tetraena fontanesii, synonym Zygophyllum fontanesii, is a species of plant found in Macaronesia and northeast Africa.[2][3]

The plant is named after the French botanist René Louiche Desfontaines.

Description

This halophile or xerophile plant can grow up to 50 cm, it has sub-cylindrical or curved leaves and its colours ranging from white to yellow, its fruit seet measures 5–7 mm.[4]

Distribution

The plant is founded in the Macaronesian islands (except for the Azores, and the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands) and northeast Africa, mainly in the westernmost areas, including Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and northern Senegal.

References

  1. ↑ "Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. ↑ Hernández-Cordero, Antonio I., et al. "Proposal for new EU habitats associated with coastal dune fields of the Macaronesian region. A case study in the Canary Islands (Spain)." Journal of Coastal Conservation 19.2 (2015): 213-225.
  3. ↑ Lauterbach, Maximilian, et al. "Evolution of leaf anatomy in arid environments–a case study in southern African Tetraena and Roepera (Zygophyllaceae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2016).
  4. ↑ Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin, Flora Vascular de Canarias, Manuel Luis Gil González. Lcdo. Ciencias Biológicas (Botánica) and Profesor de Enseñanza Secundaria

Further reading

  • Nogales, Manuel, et al. "Ecological and biogeographical implications of Yellow‐Legged Gulls (Larus cachinnans Pallas) as seed dispersers of Rubia fruticosa Ait.(Rubiaceae) in the Canary Islands." Journal of biogeography28.9 (2001): 1137-1145.
  • Tosco, Rubén Barone, Marcos Salas Pascual, and Daniel Verde. "Zygophyllum waterlotii Maire (Zygophyllaceae), nueva cita para el archipiélago canario." Botánica Macaronésica 24 (2003): 173-178.


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