Biology:Bencomia
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Bencomia is a genus of four rare plant species, which grow as woody, branching shrubs with glossy, evergreen leaves and central, pendulous inflorescences with small flowers followed by densely packed, globular fruits. Mature heights range from 1 to 4 meters.
They are endemic to the Canary Islands and Madeira.[1]
The genus was originally described by botanists Philip Barker-Webb and Sabin Berthelot and is named after Bencomo.[2]
Species
- Bencomia brachystachya
- Bencomia caudata
- Bencomia exstipulata
- Bencomia sphaerocarpa
Bencomia sphaerocarpa
External links
- UniProt entry
- Plant Systematics (photos)
- RarePlants entry
Data related to Bencomia at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q4886966 entry
- ↑ Martín Osorio, Victoria Eugenia; Hernández Bolaños, Beatriz; Wildpret Martín, Wolf-Hermann; Wildpret de la Torre, Wolfredo (2025-10-07). "Chapter 3: Flora of Teide National Park". Flora and Vegetation of The Teide National Park. Springer Cham. pp. 115–119. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-88400-9. ISBN 978-3-031-88399-6. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-88400-9.
- ↑ The ID "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139265330%22 is unknown to the system. Please use a valid entity ID.
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