Echium hypertropicum
| Echium hypertropicum | |
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| Echium hypertropicum at Ribeira Principal in Santiago Island | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. hypertropicum |
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Echium hypertropicum Webb, 1849 |
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Echium hypertropicum 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 is related to being inside the tropics.
Together with Echium vulcanorum and Echium stenosiphon, its local name is lingua de vaca (cowtongue or cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves. By its γ-linolenic acid, the plant are used for medicinal and dietary purposes.
Old plants higher than 0.5–1 m are extremely rare today.
Artemisia gorgonum are founded in the Sotavento islands of Santiago (in the area of Ribeira Principal) and Brava. It is mainly occurring in the subhumid and humid zones, but it has also been reported from the arid zone on Santiago.
Echium hypertropicum can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.
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