English Skalesia ( Latin: Scalesia pedunculata ) is a species of trees of the genus Scalesia ( Scalesia ) of the Asteraceae family.
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Botanical Description
Trees of small and medium size, 3-20 m tall, trunk up to 30 cm thick.
Leaves from ovate to elliptical or lanceolate, gradually pointed, with an oval base, 3-30 cm long, 1-12 cm wide [2] .
The flowers are fragrant, yellow, daisy-like, about 1 cm in diameter, in groups at the ends of twigs.
Distribution and Ecology
Endemic . It grows in the Galapagos Islands : on the islands of San Cristobal, Santiago, Santa Cruz and Floreana, where it forms clean forests or forests mixed with other species of trees and shrubs [2] .
Security
The species is listed in the IUCN Red List with the security status “Are in a vulnerable position” [3] .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ 1 2 Wiggins IL, Porter DM Scalesia pedunculata Hook.f. // Flora of the Galápagos Islands. - Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1971. - P. 359-360. - 998 p.
- ↑ Tye A., Loving J. Scalesia pedunculata // The World List of Threatened Trees / Compiled by S. Oldfield, C. Lusty and A. MacKinven. - Cambridge: World Conservation Press, 1998 .-- 650 p. - ISBN 1-899628-10-X .