Kingdom Plantae Family Plumbaginaceae Rank Species | Order Caryophyllales Genus Limonium | |
Similar Sarcostemma daltonii, Campanula jacobaea, Euphorbia tuckeyana, Aeonium gorgoneum, Conyza | ||
Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowers that belong to the Plumbaginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. The genus was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891.
Together with Limonium braunii and Limonium brunneri, its local name is carqueja.
Distribution and ecology
Limonium jovibarba are founded in humid areas and in rocky escarpements between 50 to 450 meters, only in the island of São Vicente in the area of Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes and the mountain area of Monte Gordo in the west of the island of São Nicolau.
References
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