Biology:Sonchus canariensis
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Sonchus |
| Species: | S. canariensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sonchus canariensis (Webb) Boulos
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Sonchus canariensis, the tree sonchus, is a species of plant endemic to the Canary Islands.[1]
Description
Its leaves are arranged in a terminal rosette on the branches. The capitula are wide, up to 1.5 cm in diameter and 3 m in height, arranged in a loose inflorescence. The leaves are pinnatisect, with narrow foliar lobes.[2][3]
Distribution
Sonchus canariensis is endemic to the central Canary islands, with the subspecies canariensis on both islands and subspecies orotavensis Boulos only in Tenerife.[2][3]
Etymology
Sonchus: generic name from the Latin Sonchus, -i , derived from the Greek σόθχος, the locksmith; used by Pliny the Elder in its History Naturalis , 22, 88[4]
canariensis: alluding to the Canary archipelago, in its broadest sense.
References
- ↑ "Sonchus canariensis | International Plant Names Index". https://www-ipni-org.translate.goog/n/250062-1?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=ajax,se,elem.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Launaea | Cichorieae Portal". 2012-03-22. https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20120322023711/http://wp6-cichorieae.e-taxonomy.eu/portal/?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/444c6fc7-0c34-430c-a128-3c1379749c0c&_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=ajax,se,elem.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cho, Myong-Suk; Yang, Ji Young; Yang, Tae-Jin; Kim, Seung-Chul (March 2019). "Evolutionary Comparison of the Chloroplast Genome in the Woody Sonchus Alliance (Asteraceae) on the Canary Islands" (in en). Genes 10 (3): 217. doi:10.3390/genes10030217. PMID 30875850.
- ↑ "sonchus • Dictionnaire Gaffiot latin-français - page 1457". https://www-lexilogos-com.translate.goog/latin/gaffiot.php?q=sonchus&_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=ajax,se,elem.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6132137 entry
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