Aeonium gorgoneum
| Aeonium gorgoneum | |
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| Aeonium gorgoneum at the University of California Botanical Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Aeonium |
| Species: | A. gorgoneum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeonium gorgoneum J.A. Schmidt, 1853 | |
Aeonium gorgoneum[1] (name etymology: Aeonium and mermaid) is a species of aster flowers that belong to the Crassulaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name is gorgonum which rare resembles and shaped like mermaids.
Its local name is called salão.[2] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine for the treatment of bronchitis.[2]
Distribution and ecology
Artemisia gorgonum are founded in the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente and São Nicolau. It is mainly occurring in the subhumid and humid zones, but it has also been reported from the arid zone on Santiago. The main altitudinal distribution is between 400 m and 2200 m. The plants grow on mountain slopes and less frequently in steep cliffs and they form a characteristic, but not dominating element of the indigenous montane scrub vegetation in the Cape Verde Islands.
Other
Euphorbia tuckeyana was featured on a Cape Verdean $100 escudo coin in 1994, it is a gold-silver coin, the plant name is on the top left, the name of the discoverer on the top right, the local name of the bottom, in the silver part features the plant. It was also issued on a Cape Verdean stamp in 2002.[3]
Artemisia gorgonum can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa on Santiago Island, it can also be founded in the University of California Botanical Garden in the United States.
Notes
- ↑ J.A. Schmidt, 1852, In: Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 258
- 1 2 Gomes, Isildo p. 21
- ↑ "CV003.02". Universal Postal Union.
Further reading
- Isildo Gomes et al., Endemic plants and indigenous trees of the Cape Verde Islands, Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fishery and the Projects Conservation and Exploration of the Natural Resources on the Island Fogo (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeitand) and Conservation of Biodiversity, 2003, p. 21
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- "Artemisia gorgonum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.