Biology:Echium aculeatum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Echium aculeatum
Echium aculeatum.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species:
E. aculeatum
Binomial name
Echium aculeatum
Poir.[1]

Echium aculeatum is a species of flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae.[2] It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it occurs on the islands El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife.[3] Its name in Spanish is ajinajo.[4]

It is a branched shrub with thorny leaves and white flowers.[4]

References

  1. "Echium aculeatum Poir.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115536-1. 
  2. "Echium aculeatum". Tropicos. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100328588. Retrieved 2018-03-07. 
  3. Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres (List of Forest Species of the Canary Islands). 2009. Gobierno de Canarias, p. 150 ISBN:978-84-89729-21-6
  4. 4.0 4.1 Echium aculeatum, Floras de Canarias

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