Biology:Echium stenosiphon
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Echium stenosiphon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. stenosiphon
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| Binomial name | |
| Echium stenosiphon Webb, 1849
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Echium stenosiphon is a plant species of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.[1][2] Its local name is língua-de-vaca (cow tongue), a name that may also refer to the related species Echium vulcanorum and Echium hypertropicum.[3] The plant is used in traditional medicinal for a cough syrup.[4]
Distribution and ecology
Echium stenosiphon occurs in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente and Santa Luzia.[1] It mainly occurs in the subhumid and humid zones, but has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[5]
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. glabrescens
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. lindbergii
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. stenosiphon
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 41
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Romeiras, Maria M.; Cotrim, Helena C.; Duarte, Maria C.; Pais, Maria S. (2007). "Genetic diversity of three endangered species of Echium L. (Boraginaceae) endemic to Cape Verde Islands". Biodiversity and Conservation (Springer) 16: 547–566. doi:10.1007/s10531-006-6734-0.
- ↑ Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde
- ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" (in pt). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7. http://www2.iict.pt/archive/doc/MH_Almeida_wrkshp_plts_medic.pdf.
- ↑ Echium stenosiphon, NCBI taxonomy database, accessed 25 January 2019
Further reading
- Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln. pp. 66, 226-227. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10587069.
- The endemic vascular plants of the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Sommerfeltia 24, 1997, C. Brochmann, Ø. H. Rustan, W. Lobin & N. Kilian, ISSN 0800-6865, ISBN:82-7420-033-0
Wikidata ☰ Q3047001 entry
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