Biology:Euphorbia canariensis
| Euphorbia canariensis | |
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| Canary Island spurge close to the Mirador de Archipenque at Los Gigantes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. canariensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia canariensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euphorbia canariensis Forssk. | |
Euphorbia canariensis, commonly known as the Canary Island spurge, Hercules club[7] or in Spanish cardón,[8]:206 is a succulent member of the genus Euphorbia and family Euphorbiaceae[3] endemic to the Canary Islands.[9] It is the plant symbol of the island of Gran Canaria.[10]
Description
The Canary Island spurge is a succulent shrub, growing to between 3 and 4 metres (10 and 13 ft) high. It is made up of fleshy quadrangular or pentagonal trunks that look like cacti. It has no leaves, instead bearing spines 5 to 14 millimetres (0.20 to 0.55 in) long. It produces reddish-green flowers.[9] It is hardy to −2 °C (28 °F).[11]
The latex, which contains diterpenes[12] is poisonous.[13]
Spines on a young shoot
Flowers
Fruit
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Distribution
The species is found on the narrow coastal belt, from sea level to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in the Canary Islands.[13]
See also
- List of animal and plant symbols of the Canary Islands
References
- ↑ Beech, E. (2017). "Euphorbia canariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T79727248A79727254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T79727248A79727254.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/79727248/79727254. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Euphorbia canariensis | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2008-03-22 }}
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. "whole name = Euphorbia canariensis". http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Euphorbia+canariensis&output_format=normal.
- ↑ Wijnands, D. O. (1983). "Euphorbiaceae". The Botany of the Commelins: A Taxonomical, Nomenclatural, and Historical. CRC Press. ISBN 978-90-6191-262-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=eb_dEGP56-QC&pg=PT110. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ Decandolle, A.P. (1837). "Euphorbia canariensis". Plantarum historia succulentarum = Histoire des plantes grasses. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=SB438C361799V3&identifier=0197. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ Barbara J. Collins, Ph.D. (2007-08-09). "Photographs of succulents Euphorbia canariensis 4744". Photographs of succulents. California Lutheran University. http://www.callutheran.edu/gf/plants/category/gar-4744.htm.
- ↑ Bramwell, David; Bramwell, Zoë (2001). Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.). Madrid: Rueda. p. 206. ISBN 978-84-7207-129-2.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Canary Islands Flora - Arid Habitat". http://www.canaryislandflora.com/arid.htm.
- ↑ "Símbolos de la naturaleza para las Islas Canarias" (in es). Ley No. 7/1991 of 30 April 1991. 151. pp. 20946–20497. https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1991-16276.
- ↑ Thijs de Graaf. "Euphorbia". euphorbia engels. http://www.tuin-thijs.com/euphorbia-engels.htm.
- ↑ Marco, J.A., J; Sanz Cervera, J.F.; Yuste, A. (June 1997). "Ingenane and lathyrane diterpenes from the latex of Euphorbia canariensis.". Phytochemistry-Oxford 45 (3): 563–570. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00018-6. Bibcode: 1997PChem..45..563M. http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php?mode2=detail&origin=ibids_references&therow=428571. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 University of Connecticut (18 March 2008). "Euphorbia canariensis L.". EEB Greenhouse Accession Data. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses. http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/199200318.html.
External links
- Decandolle, A.P. (1837). "Illustration of Euphorbia canariensis". Plantarum historia succulentarum = Histoire des plantes grasses. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=SB438C361799V3&identifier=0201. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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