Nanorrhinum scoparium | |
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In habitat, Los Carrizales, Tenerife | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Nanorrhinum |
Species: | N. scoparium
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Binomial name | |
Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
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]
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]
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]
Nanorrhinum scoparium | |
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In habitat, Los Carrizales, Tenerife | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Nanorrhinum |
Species: | N. scoparium
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Binomial name | |
Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
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]
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]
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]