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Sonchus canariensis

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Species of plant

Sonchus canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Sonchus
Species: S. canariensis
Binomial name
Sonchus canariensis
(Webb) Boulos

Sonchus canariensis, the tree sonchus, is a species of plant endemic to the Canary Islands.

Description

Its leaves are arranged in a terminal rosette on the branches. The capitula are wide, up to 1.5 cm in diameter and 3 m in height, arranged in a loose inflorescence. The leaves are pinnatisect, with narrow foliar lobes.

Distribution

Sonchus canariensis is endemic to the central Canary islands, with the subspecies canariensis on both islands and subspecies orotavensis Boulos only in Tenerife.

Etymology

Sonchus: generic name from the Latin Sonchus, -i , derived from the Greek σόθχος, the locksmith; used by Pliny the Elder in its History Naturalis , 22, 88

canariensis: alluding to the Canary archipelago, in its broadest sense.

References

  1. "Sonchus canariensis | International Plant Names Index". www-ipni-org.translate.goog. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ "Launaea | Cichorieae Portal". web-archive-org.translate.goog. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ^ Cho, Myong-Suk; Yang, Ji Young; Yang, Tae-Jin; Kim, Seung-Chul (March 2019). "Evolutionary Comparison of the Chloroplast Genome in the Woody Sonchus Alliance (Asteraceae) on the Canary Islands". Genes. 10 (3): 217. doi:10.3390/genes10030217. PMC 6470973. PMID 30875850.
  4. "sonchus • Dictionnaire Gaffiot latin-français - page 1457". www-lexilogos-com.translate.goog. Retrieved 2021-08-28.

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Taxon identifiers
Sonchus canariensis
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