Plantaginaceae
Poskea

Poskea socotrana (Balf.f.) G.Taylor

First published in J. Bot. 71: 312 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia, Socotra, SE. Yemen. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Slender shrub, mostly 1–2 m tall; stems subglabrous to densely white pubescent with ± appressed eglandular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 10–36 mm long including up to 5 mm long petiole, 3–24 mm wide, sparsely to densely appressed pubescent particularly below
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Spikes c. 2–13 x 0.8–1.2 cm; bracts lanceolate, 2–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2.5–4 mm long with 1–2 mm long teeth
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, c. 5 mm long.
Distribution
N2, 3; Socotra, Yemen
Ecology
Near sea level to 600 m.
[FSOM]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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