Sonchus canariensis

Sonchus canariensis, the tree sonchus, is a species of plant endemic to the Canary Islands.[1]

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

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.[2][3]

Distribution

Sonchus canariensis is endemic to the central Canary islands, with the subspecies canariensis on both islands and subspecies orotavensis Boulos only in Tenerife.[2][3]

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[4]

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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