Echium stenosiphon

Echium stenosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Dicotyledons
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiids
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: E. stenosiphon
Binomial name
Echium stenosiphon
Webb, 1849

Echium stenosiphon is a species of flowers that belong to the Boraginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name means the narrow siphon.

Together with Echium vulcanorum and Echium hypertropicum, its local name is lingua de vaca (cowtongue or cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves.[1] The plant are used for medicinal and dietary purposes for a cough syrup.[2]

Distribution and ecology

Echium stenosiphon are founded in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente (especially Monte Verde). It is mainly occurring in the subhumid and humid zones, but it has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.

Subspecies

Listed by NCBI:[3]

Numismatics

Echium stenosiphon was featured on a Cape Verdean $10 escudo coin in 1994.

Other

Echium stenosiphon can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.

References

  1. ↑ Gomes et al 2003, p. 16
  2. ↑ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" [Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.
  3. ↑ NCBI, accessed 28 May 2012

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