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''Limonium brunneri'' is a species of flowering plants of the family
Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow a ...
. The species is endemic to
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Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.
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It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. The species was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891. Its local name is ''carqueja'', a name that may also refer to the related species ''
Limonium braunii ''Limonium braunii'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales T ...
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Limonium jovibarba ''Limonium jovibarba'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales ...
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Distribution and ecology

''Limonium brunneri'' grows in sandy and clayey areas, and is found on the arid coasts of the islands of
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and São Vicente and the islets of Branco and Raso.


References


Further reading

*Wolfram Lobin, Teresa Leyens, Norbert Kilian, Matthias Erben, Klaus Lewejohann, ''The Genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) on the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa'', Willdenowia, Berli), vol. 25, no. 1, 20 June 1994, p. 197-214 {{Taxonbar, from=Q3241205 brunneri Flora of São Vicente, Cape Verde Flora of Sal, Cape Verde Endemic flora of Cape Verde Taxa named by Philip Barker-Webb Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Otto Kuntze