Boraginaceae
Euploca

Euploca humilis (L.) Feuillet

First published in PhytoKeys 61: 104 (2016)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1000–1225 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Santander.
Habit
Subshrub.
[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. 1000 - 1225 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

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

Morphology General Habit
A mostly erect, bushy shrub up to 1.5 m tall, densely white-pubescent throughout; leaves rigid, alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3, sharply acute at the apex, the hairs on the upper side with pustulate bases, the margin usually revolute
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers few in short terminal spikes; calyx 3–4 mm long, white-strigose; corolla white with yellow eye, the tube 4 mm long, the expanded limb mostly 3–4 mm across
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets subglobose, black.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. West Indies and continental tropical America.
Ecology
In dry sandy or rocky thickets.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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