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Limonium braunii is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.[2] It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN.[1] The species was first described by the German Carl August Bolle as Statice braunii and was placed in the genus Limonium by the French Auguste Chevalier in 1935. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium jovibarba.[3]

Limonium braunii
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Limonium
Species:	L. braunii
Binomial name
Limonium braunii (Bolle) A.Chev, 1935

Distribution and ecology

Limonium braunii is mainly found in northern rocky and stony shores of the islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo and Brava.[3]

Other

Limonium braunii was depicted on a 20 Cape Verdean escudo coin issued in 1994.[4]

References

Further reading

• Wolfram Lobin, Teresa Leyens, Norbert Kilian, Matthias Erben, Klaus Lewejohann, The Genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) on the Cape Verde Islands, W Africa, Willdenowia, Berlin, vol. 25, no. 1, 20 June 1994, p. 197-214

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