Echium vulcanorum

Echium vulcanorum
Echium vulcanorum on Chã das Caldeiras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: E. vulcanorum
Binomial name
Echium vulcanorum
A.Chev., 1935

Echium vulcanorum is a species of flowers that belong to the Boraginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name means the narrow siphon.

Together with Echium hypertropicum and Echium stenosiphon, its local name is lingua de vaca (cowtongue or cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves.[1] The plant are used for medicinal and dietary purposes for a cough syrup.[2]

Distribution and ecology

Echium vulcanorum are founded only in the area of Pico do Fogo mainly at Chã das Caldeiras and Pico da Caldeira and some parts east. The plant grows on volcanic slopes. It grows up to temperatures of 28°.

History

The plant were not killed during the 1995 eruption, during the 2014-15 eruption, some of these plants were killed, those at the foot of Pico da Caldeira were unaffected.

Other

One plant of the species are displayed at the right of the small yard at São Filipe Municipal Museum on the same island. Also one is at the Berlin Botanical Garden in Germany being one of the Capeverdean originated plants founded in the country.

References

  1. ↑ Gomes et al 2003, p. 16
  2. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.

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