Nanorrhinum scoparium
Nanorrhinum scoparium, synonym Kickxia scoparia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae.[1]
| Nanorrhinum scoparium | |
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| In habitat, Los Carrizales, Tenerife | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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]
Flower
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
- "Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-03
- Bramwell, David & Bramwell, Zoë (2001), Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2nd ed.), Madrid: Editorial Rueda, p. 314, ISBN 84-7207-129-4 (as Kickxia scoparia)
- "Plant Name Details for Linaria scoparia Brouss. ex Spreng.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
- "Plant Name Details for Kickxia scoparia (Brouss. ex Spreng.) G.Kunkel & Sunding", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
- Yousefi, Nafiseh; Zarre, Shahin & Heubl, Günther (2016), "Molecular phylogeny of the mainly Mediterranean genera Chaenorhinum, Kickxia and Nanorrhinum (Plantaginaceae, tribe Antirrhineae), with focus on taxa in the Flora Iranica region", Nordic Journal of Botany, 34 (4): 455–463, doi:10.1111/njb.01000
- "Plant Name Details for Nanorrhinum scoparium (Brouss. ex Spreng.) Yousefi & Zarre", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-02-03
- 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