Erysimum caboverdeanum
| Erysimum caboverdeanum | |
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| Erysimum caboverdeanum at the Botanical Garden in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Erysimum |
| Species: | E. caboverdeanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Erysium caboverdeanum (A.Chev) Sunding, 1974 | |
Erysimum caboverdeanum is a species of flowers that belong to the Brassicaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde and is an endangered species.[1] The species was discovered by the Auguste Chevalier in 1935 as Matthiola caboverdeana,[2] it was changed to its current name by Per Øgle Sunding in 1974.
Its local name is cravo-brabo (wild carnation) or white rosemary (alecrim-branco), in English, it is also called Cape Verdean wallflower.[1]
Taxonomy
The last part of the name caboverdeanum means the name "Cape Verdean" where the plant is founded.
Description
It is used as a traditional medicine notably for treating a form of infusion[3]
The plant is biennial, Its length is 60 centimeters, its stems are woody and stands upright, the narrow leaves are 6 cm long and 2 millimeters wide.
Distribution and ecology
Erysimum caboverdeanum are founded only in the island of Fogo on Monte Velha as well as Pico do Fogo and Bordeira between 1,600 and 2,300 meters.[1] It grows mainly on volcanic soils.
History
Some of the plants in Chã das Caldeiras, mainly inside and around the village were killed by lava during the eruption of Fogo in late 2014.
Other
A plant is founded on the left of the backyard of the São Filipe Municipal Museum. Another is at Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
References
- 1 2 3 Gomes et al 2003, p. 18
- ↑ Chevalier, Auguste (1935). "Les îles du Cap Vert : géographie, biogéographie, agriculture. Flore de l'archipel." (PDF). Paris: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, laboratoire d'agronomie coloniale: Tela Botanica. p. 992.
- ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Almeida, Guimarães de (October 2008). Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde [Traditional Medicinal Plants of Cape Verde] (PDF). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos (in Portuguese). IICT /CCCM. p. 7.
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
External links
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- "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- {Alda Roque Gomes, Teresa Vasconcelos et M. Helena Guimarães de Almeida, Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde (Medicinal Traditional Plants in Cape Verde) in Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT /CCCM, 29, 30 and 31 October 2008 (in Portuguese)