Limonium brunneri
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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 ...
. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.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. 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'' and '' Limonium jovibarba''.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 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