Nanorrhinum scoparium

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Nanorrhinum scoparium
In habitat, Los Carrizales, Tenerife
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Nanorrhinum
Species:
N. scoparium
Binomial name
Nanorrhinum scoparium
(Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Elatinoides spartioides (Brouss. ex Buch) Wettst.
  • Kickxia scoparia (Brouss. ex Spreng.) G.Kunkel & Sunding
  • Kickxia spartioides (Brouss. ex Buch) Janch.
  • Linaria scoparia Brouss. ex Spreng.
  • Linaria spartioides Brouss. ex Buch
  • Pogonorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Betsche

Nanorrhinum scoparium, synonym Kickxia scoparia, is a yellow-flowered plant native to rocky areas of the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic. It belongs to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae).[1]

Description

Nanorrhinum scoparium is an erect, mostly unbranched

perennial plant. It has linear leaves with short or no stalks (petioles), that often fall off early in the plant's lifecycle. The petals are yellow, and the flower has a relatively long, more or less straight spur.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Pierre Broussonet in 1825 as Linaria scoparia.[3] It was transferred to the genus Kickxia in 1972 by Günther Kunkel and Per Øgle Sunding.[4] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 suggested that a group of species within Kickxia were better placed in Nanorrhinum; Nanorrhinum scoparium was one of the species transferred by Nafiseh Yousefi and Shahin Zarre.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Nanorrhinum scoparium is native to the Canary Islands,[1] although some sources have suggested a wider distribution.[7] In the Canary Islands, it is found in dry rocky slopes, up to elevations of 600 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-03
  2. ^
    ISBN 84-7207-129-4
    (as Kickxia scoparia)
  3. ^ "Plant Name Details for Linaria scoparia Brouss. ex Spreng.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
  4. ^ "Plant Name Details for Kickxia scoparia (Brouss. ex Spreng.) G.Kunkel & Sunding", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
  5. doi:10.1111/njb.01000
  6. ^ "Plant Name Details for Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
  7. ^ Marhold, K., "Kickxia scoparia", in Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (eds.), Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity, retrieved 2018-02-03
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