''Cistus asper'' is a
shrubby
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
in the family
Cistaceae
The Cistaceae are a small family of plants (rock-rose or rock rose family) known for their beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom. This family consists of about 170(-200) species in nine genera that ar ...
with purple-pink flowers. It was first described in 2005 and is endemic to
El Hierro
El Hierro, nicknamed ''Isla del Meridiano'' (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest-south and -west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a populatio ...
in the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...
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Phylogeny
A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study placed ''C. asper'' as a member of the purple and pink flowered clade of ''Cistus'' species, along with some other Canary Island endemics ('' Cistus chinamadensis'', '' Cistus horrens'', '' Cistus ocreatus'', and '' Cistus symphytifolius'').[
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References
asper
Asper may refer to:
*Asper (') breathing mark in romanization of Greek
*Asper (surname)
*Asper, Missouri, a ghost town
*Aemilius Asper, Latin grammarian
*Aspron, a type of late Byzantine silver or billon coins
*Akçe, an Ottoman silver coin, simi ...
Plants described in 2005
Flora of the Canary Islands
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