Tornabenea insularis

Tornabenea insularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Tornabenea
Species: T. insularis
Binomial name
Tornabenea insularis
(Parl.) Parl., 1850
Synonyms
  • Melanoselinum hirtum (J.A.Schmidt) A. Chev.
  • Tetrapleura insularis Parl.
  • Tornabenea bischoffii J.A.Schmidt 1852[1]
  • Tornabenea hirta J.A.Schmidt 1852[1]

Tornabenea insularis is a species of flowers that belong to the Apiaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. The genre Tornabenea has seven other endemic plants throughout the archipelago.[2] The species was named by Filippo Parlatore in 1850 and was first of the species, first as a Tetrapleura species, then Tornabenea, the species name etymology is the Latin - that is of the 10 islands of Cape Verde where it was first founded, Santo Antão.

Its local name is called funcho or fruncho

Distribution and ecology

Tornabenea insularis are founded in the island of Santo Antão in the mountainous areas including Pico da Cruz-Ribeira do Paul-Cova, Lombo do Mar-Ribeira do Alto Mira and Topo de Coroa.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. p. 56.
  2. 1 2 Gomes et al 2003, p. 10

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
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