Boraginaceae
Tournefortia

Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 538 (1819)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America, Caribbean, NE. Colombia to Venezuela. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192155789/192155791

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–20 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: La Guajira, San Andrés y Providencia.
Habit
Shrub, Subshrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: wetlands (inland).
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 20 m.; Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto, arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
tabaco pescador
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
LAVENDER, SEA-LAVENDER
Morphology General Habit
Dense, mound-like shrub to 2 m tall; leaves linear-oblanceolate, 3–6 cm long or more, 3–6 mm broad below the obtuse apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence stalked, scarcely exceeding the leaves; flowers in dense scorpioid cymes becoming head-like in fruit; calyx-lobes 2–3 mm long; corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, the tube pubescent outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits dark brown, glabrous, 5–6 mm long.
Distribution
Cayman Islands. Bermuda, Florida, West Indies, and the coasts of Yucatan, Cozumel, Belize, and Venezuela.
Ecology
Characteristically in sand at the top of sea-beaches.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Sea Lavender

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0