''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 ...
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[ The species is endemic to ]Cape Verde
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Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.
' Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 49 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 ...
'' and ''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 ...
''.[Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde]
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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 Sal
Sal, SAL, or S.A.L. may refer to:
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* Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality
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and São Vicente and the islets of Branco and Raso.[
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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
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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