Periploca laevigata

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Periploca laevigata
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In habitat, Los Felipes, Tenerife
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Periploca
Species:
P. laevigata
Binomial name
Periploca laevigata

Periploca laevigata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands, [2] the Savage Islands [1] and Cape Verde. [3]

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The species was described by William Aiton and was published in Hortus Kewensis in 1789. [4] Its Spanish names are cornicabra or cornica. "Cornicabra" means goat horn.

Subspecies

Description

The plant is a shrub and can grow up to 2 metres. Its leaves are lanceolate or. Its stems grow up to 15 cm and is about 1 cm thick. Its petals are oblong at the end and has a yellowish-green colour at its ends, inside, it is brown. Its seed pods are long and pointed-like at the ends.

Its chromosome number is 2n = 22. [5]

Distribution

The plant is native to the Canary Islands, [2] [6] the Savage Islands and Cape Verde, reaching its northernmost distribution in Sicily, in the Aegadian Islands. In Cape Verde they occur on the islands of Brava, Fogo, Santa Luzia, Santiago, Santo Antão and São Nicolau. [6] [3] Some authors put the Cape Verdean subspecies as separate (as Periploca chevalieri, Browicz).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Periploca laevigata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2018-01-11
  2. 1 2 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. 148 ISBN   978-84-89729-21-6
  3. 1 2 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. 46
  4. ↑ William Aiton: Hortus Kewensis, or, a catalogue the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Volume I (Monandria–Heptandria), George Nicol, London 1789, p. 301
  5. ↑ Periploca laevigata, Tropicos, IPCN Chromosome Reports, Missouri Botanical Gardens
  6. 1 2 Alfred Hansen, Per Sunding: Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants (= Sommerfeltia. Band 17). 4. revised edition. Botanical Garden and Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo 1993, p. 34–35. ISBN   82-7420-019-5


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