| Limonium sokotranum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Limonium |
| Species: | L. sokotranum |
| Binomial name | |
| Limonium sokotranum (Vierh.) Radcl.-Sm. | |
Limonium sokotranum is a species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family. The generic name is from the Latin līmōnion, used by Pliny for a wild plant and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek leimon.
Serra Malagueta is a mountain range located in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. At 1064 m elevation, it is highest point of northern Santiago. The mountain range is protected as the Serra Malagueta Natural Park, that was established on February 24, 2005 and covers 774 hectares. The natural park is situated in the municipalities Tarrafal, São Miguel and Santa Catarina. The summit is in São Miguel, south of the Ribeira Principal valley. The Serra Malagueta formation is of volcanic origin, and was formed between 2.9 and 2.4 million years ago.
Limonium paulayanum is a species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Limonium strictissimum is a species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is found in France and Italy. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Limonium binervosum, commonly known as rock sea-lavender, is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae.
Dendrosicyos is a monotypic genus in the plant family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Dendrosicyos socotranus, the cucumber tree. The species is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. The species name was originally spelled D. socotrana, but this is corrected to masculine grammatical gender according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
Limonium perezii is a species of Limonium known by the common names Perez's sea lavender and seafoam statice. It is also known as simply statice, sea lavender or marsh rosemary. It is native to the coasts of the Canary Islands but are widely used in gardens throughout the world.
Limonium ramosissimum, the Algerian sea lavender, is a species of sea lavender (Limonium) native to the Mediterranean region. Its specific epithet rāmōsissimum means "many-branched" in Latin.
Ariosoma sokotranum is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Sokotra Island, in the western Indian Ocean.
Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. The species was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium braunii.
Limonium brunneri is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. The species was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium braunii and Limonium jovibarba.
Limonium braunii is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN. The species was first described by the German Carl August Bolle as Statice braunii and was placed in the genus Limonium by the French Auguste Chevalier in 1935. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium jovibarba.
Limonium lobinii is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN. The species was first described by Norbert Kilian and Teresa Leyens in 1994. Its local name is carqueja-de-Santiago.
Limonium sundingii is a species of flowers that belong to the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
Limonium vulgare, called common sea-lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Limonium native to Atlantic parts of Europe from southwestern Sweden to southwestern Iberia, and introduced elsewhere. A clumping perennial found in salt marshes and other maritime habitats, it is a probable species complex that includes Limonium maritimum and L. narbonense.
Limonium multiflorum is a species of sea-lavender endemic to central-west Portugal, where it inhabits rocky and sandy areas.
Limonium lilacinum is a Turkish species of flowering plant that usually occurs in central Anatolia. Limonium lilacinums local name in Turkey is "camel ear" or "barren lavender". Limonium lilacinum is a member of Limonium, the most common genus of the Plumbaginaceae family, which usually grows in salty soil. The Plumbaginaceae family has six genera in Turkey and Limonium is one of them. Many members of the family are of great importance in the medical, ecological, and ornamental plant industry. Limonium is a genus which is widespread around the world. There are around 600 species of this genus in the world. Limonium has 21 species in Turkey, and 9 of them are endemic, including Limonium lilacinum.
Limonium dendroides is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to La Gomera in the Canary Islands. There are fewer than 40 mature individuals remaining in the wild, with the number decreasing.
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