Limonium jovibarba
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| Limonium jovibarba Kunze, 1891
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Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowers that belong to the Plumbaginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. The genus was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891.
Together with Limonium braunii and Limonium brunneri, its local name is carqueja.[1]
Distribution and ecology
Limonium jovibarba are founded in humid areas and in rocky escarpements between 50 to 450 meters, only in the island of São Vicente in the area of Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes and the mountain area of Monte Gordo in the west of the island of São Nicolau.
See also
References
- ^ Gomes et al 2003, p. 25
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
- Wolfram Lobin, Teresa Leyens, Norbert Kilian, Matthias Erben, Klaus Lewejohann, The Genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) on the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Willdenowia, Berli), vol. 25, no. 1, 20 June 1994, p. 197-214