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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. stenosiphon
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| Echium stenosiphon Webb, 1849
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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 is found in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau,[3] São Vicente (especially Monte Verde). It mainly occurs in the subhumid and humid zones, but has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.
Subspecies
Listed by NCBI:[4]
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. glabrescens
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. lindbergii
- Echium stenosiphon subsp. stenosiphon
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. Also it can be founded in Europe at the Berlin Botanical Garden in Germany, one of a few Cape Verdean originated plants founded in the country.
References
- ^ Gomes et al 2003, p. 16
- ^ Gomes, Alda Roque; Vasconcelos, Teresa; Almeida, Helena Guimarães de (31 October 2008). "Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM. p. 7.
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- ^ NCBI, accessed 28 May 2012
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. 17
- Maria M. Romeiras, Helena C. Cotrim, Maria C. Duarte et Maria S. Pais, Genetic diversity of three endangered species of Echium L. (Boraginaceae) endemic to Cape Verde Islands, in Biodiversity & Conservation, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 547-566
- The endemic vascular plants of the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Sommerfeltia 24, 1997, C. Brochmann, Ø. H. Rustan, W. Lobin & N. Kilian, ISSN 0800-6865, ISBN 82-7420-033-0
External links
- "Echium stenosiphon Steud. ex Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 28 May 2012.