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Flora of Cape Verde information


The Flora of Cape Verde includes the flowers and plants of Cape Verde, mostly native to the islands. There are about 240 species of plants.

Losna (Artemisia gorgonum), an endemic plant of Fogo Island
Prosopis juliflora tree
Cynanchum daltonii, an endemic plant found in the islands except Sal and Maio
Echium vulcanorum found only in Fogo's uppermost parts
Capeverdean sagebrush (Artemisia gorgonum)
Echium hypertropicum near Ribeira Principal in Santiago
Cape Verde date palm (Phoenix atlantica)
Lavandula rotundifolia
Asteriscus smithii (Nauplius smithii), an endemic plant
Tamarisk (Tamarix senegalensis), a tree plant grown mainly in sandy areas, places like Tarrafal on Santiago, Tarrafal de São Nicolau and Santo Antão's Tarrafal de Monte Trigo are named after the areas where the plant are found

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Flora of Cape Verde

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The Flora of Cape Verde includes the flowers and plants of Cape Verde, mostly native to the islands. There are about 240 species of plants. In the process...

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Wildlife of Cape Verde

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The wildlife of Cape Verde is found across its archipelago of ten islands and three islets, albeit in smaller numbers of species than mainland Africa...

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Lavandula rotundifolia

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Lavandula rotundifolia is a species of flowering plants of the family Lamiaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. The species was named by George Bentham...

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Geography of Cape Verde

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Cape Verde (formally, the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to distinct communities of plants, birds, and reptiles...

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Cape Verdean cuisine

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cuisine of Cape Verde is a West African cuisine largely influenced by Portuguese, Southern and Western European and West African cuisine. Cape Verde was a...

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Hibiscus surattensis

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Hibiscus surattensis, the bush sorrel or wild sour, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to the seasonally dry...

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Ophioglossum reticulatum

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Ophioglossum reticulatum, the netted adder's-tongue, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae. It has a pantropical/pansubtropical distribution;...

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Cyperus jeminicus

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Cyperus jeminicus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa, the Middle East and India. The species was first formally described by the...

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Cape Verde Islands dry forests

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The Cape Verde Islands dry forests is a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion in the Cape Verde Islands, which constitute the country...

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Echium stenosiphon

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Echium stenosiphon is a plant species of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. Its local name is língua-de-vaca (cow tongue),...

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Echium hypertropicum

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Echium hypertropicum is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant...

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Tamarix senegalensis

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It has many small leaves. In Cape Verde it is called tarrafe, and the related name tarrafal has been given to a number of localities. Tamarix senegalensis...

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Chamaecrista absus

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(syn. Cassia absus), the pig's senna or tropical sensitive pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, with a worldwide distribution in the...

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Abutilon pannosum

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Abutilon pannosum is a subshrub species of the family Malvaceae. It is a perennial shrub that grows up to 10 feet tall. Velvety, cordate base shaped leaves...

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Diplotaxis glauca

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Diplotaxis glauca is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as a critically endangered...

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Vicoa

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to parts of Africa and Asia. From the island of Cape Verde, (Macaronesia), then the African countries of; Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African...

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Aeonium gorgoneum

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Aeonium gorgoneum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It was first described by Johann Anton...

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Gossypium anomalum

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following subspecies are accepted: Gossypium anomalum subsp. anomalum – Cape Verde, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea...

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Galium parisiense

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the Canary Islands, Cape Verde). The species is also naturalized in some parts of North America, mostly on the Pacific coast of the United States and...

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Launaea picridioides

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Launaea picridioides is a species of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as a vulnerable species...

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Periploca laevigata

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laevigata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands and Cape Verde. The species was described...

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Limonium jovibarba

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Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered...

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Cyperus amabilis

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Cyperus amabilis, commonly known as the foothill flatsedge, is a species of sedge that is native to tropical and sub-tropical areas in the Americas, Africa...

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Tetraena fontanesii

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Cape Verde and northwest Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal). "Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin". Plants of the...

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Erysimum caboverdeanum

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Erysimum caboverdeanum is a species of flowering plants of the family Brassicaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as a critically endangered...

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