Limonium jovibarba

Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.^[4] It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.^[1] The species was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium braunii.^[5]

Limonium jovibarba
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Limonium
Species:	L. jovibarba
Binomial name
Limonium jovibarba (Webb ex Boiss.) Kunze[2]
Synonyms
Limonium jovi-barba, Webb Statice jovibarba, Webb[3]

Distribution and ecology

Limonium jovibarba occurs in humid cracks of rocky cliffs between 50 and 450 metres elevation. It is restricted to the islands of São Vicente (Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes) and São Nicolau (western part).^[5]