Periploca laevigata

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Periploca laevigata
Periploca laevigata kz13.jpg
In habitat, Los Felipes, Tenerife
Scientific classification edit
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]

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[]

  • Periploca laevigata subsp. chevalieri (Browicz) G. Kunkel - found in Cape Verde

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. 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).

Gallery[]

  • Flower

  • Seed pods

  • Seeds

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Periploca laevigata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-11
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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