Limonium jovibarba

Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.[3] It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.[1] 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.[4]

Limonium jovibarba

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species:
L. jovibarba
Binomial name
Limonium jovibarba
(Kunze, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Limonium jovi-barba, Webb
  • Statice jovibarba, Webb[2]

Distribution and ecology

Limonium jovibarba occurs in humid cracks of rocky cliffs between 50 and 450 metres elevation. It is restricted to the islands of São Vicente (Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes) and São Nicolau (western part).[4]

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References
  1. Catarino, S.; Duarte, M.C. & Romeiras, M.M. (2017). "Limonium jovibarba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T107427108A107468257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107427108A107468257.en.
  2. Schmidt, Johann Anton (1852). Beiträge zur Flora der Cap Verdischen Inseln.
  3. 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. 49
  4. Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde

Further reading
  • Wolfram Lobin, Teresa Leyens, Norbert Kilian, Matthias Erben, Klaus Lewejohann, The Genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) on the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Willdenowia, Berli), vol. 25, no. 1, 20 June 1994, p. 197-214
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