''Lotus jacobaeus'' is a species of flowering plant of the family
. The species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Cape Verde
, national_anthem = ()
, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, demonym ...
.
[Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : ]
Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.
' Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 45 It was
described by
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...
in 1753 in the second volume of ''
Species Plantarum
' (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera. It is the first work to consistently apply binomial names and was the ...
''.
Description
Its petals are coloured yellow or yellow and purple.
Distribution
The species occurs on most islands of
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
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, demonym ...
, except
Brava
Brava or La Brava may refer to:
Geography
*Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island
*Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava)
*Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain
* Barawa, a town in Somalia commonly known as ' ...
and
Santa Luzia.
It grows in semi-arid and sub-humid zones.
References
Further reading
* Hepper, F.N., 1958 ''Papilionoideae, Flora West Tropical Africa''. Keay, R.W.J.
External links
*
jacobaeus
Endemic flora of Cape Verde
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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