Limoniastrum monopetalum

Limoniastrum monopetalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Limoniastrum
Species:	L. monopetalum
Binomial name
Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss.
Synonyms
Bubania monopetala (L.) Girard Statice monopetala L.

Limoniastrum monopetalum (grand statice), is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet.

It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red.

Biochemistry

Limoniastrum monopetalum is a traditional medicinal species which leaf infusion exhibits anti-dysenteric properties against infectious diseases. In this study, ten kinds of leaf extracts were used to examine the effect of extraction solvent system with varying polarities on polyphenol contents and DPPH scavenging activity. Then the superoxide scavenging activity and the reducing power of the most promising solvent extracts were evaluated too. Moreover, the efficiency of the best leaf extract has been investigated against pathogenic bacteria and yeast. Eventually leaf extract was hydrolyzed by acid and the phenolics identified by RP-HPLC. Results showed that phenolic contents and antioxidant activities varied considerably as function of solvent polarity. Leaf extract using pure methanol showed the highest polyphenol content (15.85mg GAE/g DW). Moreover, antiradical capacities against DPPH.

Int J Phytoremediation . 2014;16(7-12):755-69. doi: 10.1080/15226514.2013.856847. Metal phytoremediation by the halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss: two contrasting ecotypes Eleni Manousaki, Kosmoula Galanaki, Lamprini Papadimitriou, Nicolas Kalogerakis The phytoremediation potential of the halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum for the removal of Cd and Pb from polluted sites is assessed in this work. Analysis of the salt excretion crystals on the leaf surface confirmed that wild and cultivated ornamental L. monopetalum excrete cadmium and lead through their salt glands as a possible metal detoxification mechanism, although the amount excreted by the ornamental L. monopetalum is significantly less. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24933883/ |access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref>

Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents by Houda Ben Slama 1,2OrcID,Mohamed Ali Triki 2,Ali Chenari Bouket 3,†,Fedia Ben Mefteh 4,†,Faizah N. Alenezi 1,5,Lenka Luptakova 6OrcID,Hafsa Cherif-Silini 7,Armelle Vallat 8,Tomasz Oszako 9OrcID,Neji Gharsallah 4 andLassaad Belbahri 1,10,*OrcID Microorganisms 2019, 7(8), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080249 Received: 21 June 2019 / Revised: 6 August 2019 / Accepted: 7 August 2019 / Published: 9 August 2019 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/8/249 an evergreen shrub inhabiting the Mediterranean region, has well-documented phytoremediation potential for metal removal from polluted sites.

Taxonomy

Limoniastrum monopetalum, Parque Natural Bahía de Cádiz, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain

The Latin specific epithet monopetalum refers to 'mono' and 'petal' meaning one petal.

Prodr. 12: 689 1848 Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 12: 689 (1848).

It was verified by United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service on 9 August 1995, as Limoniastrum monopetalum,

Distribution and habitat

L. monopetalum is native to temperate areas between Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia.

Native Africa NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia Asia-Temperate WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai] Europe SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Kríti], Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily) SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (s.), Portugal (s.)

Range

Limoniastrum monopetalum Last-listed in the RHS Plant Finder in 2016

Family Plumbaginaceae

Name Status RHS Accepted name

Plant range S Portugal & N Mediterranean

Habitat

June 2007 Primary production and nutrient content in two salt marsh species, Atriplex portulacoides L. and Limoniastrum monopetalum L., in Southern Portugal J. P. Neves, L. F. Ferreira, M. P. Simões & L. C. Gazarini Estuaries and Coasts volume 30, pages 459–468 (2007)

Cultivation

Rooting and establishment of Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss stem-tip cuttings January 2016 African Journal of Plant Science 10(1):23-31

Authors: Anastasia Akoumianaki-Ioannidou Agricultural University of Athens A.N. Martini Agricultural University of Athens M. Papafotiou Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss (Statice monopetala L., Plumbaginaceae) is a small, evergreen shrub, with much-branched, leafy stems, native in coastal sands and salt marshes in southern Greece and other Mediterranean countries (Blamey and Grey-Wilson, 1993). Due to its fleshy, silvery blue-green leaves and its impressive bright pink, drying violet, inflorescences during summer, it is used as an ornamental plant recently. Its adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses like salinity, water deficit, intense radiation or high temperatures (Neves et al., 2008) and its growth on soil poor in organic matter content (Salama, 2007), make Cuttings collected in winter or spring rooted at higher percentages than those collected in summer or autumn L. monopetalum an ideal plant for xeriscaping and landscape architecture in semi-arid Mediterranean areas, especially in poor, saline, neglected or degraded soils. Its ecological value, as sand accumulator, salt tolerant, windbreak (Salama, 2007) and inhibitor of soil erosion should not be ignored, while it can grow in oil-contaminated soils (Hussein and Terry, 2002) and has the potential of phytoremediation of heavy metals from polluted sites (Cambrollé et al., 2013; Manousaki et al., 2014). L. monopetalum is rich in nutritive values and thus mass production of its vegetative yield could be raw material for fodder industries (Neves et al., 2007; Zahran and El-Amier, 2013). Moreover it is rich in phenolics, so it could constitute a source of natural antioxidants for human consumption, as well as for agro-food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries (Trabelsi et al., 2010, 2012, 2013)

Cultivars

Botanical name Limoniastrum monopetalum 'Carnaval'

Other names Statice monopetala, Bubania monopetala, Grand statice 'Carnaval', Shrubby statice 'Carnaval'

Genus Limoniastrum Variety or Cultivar 'Carnaval' _ 'Carnaval' is a mound-forming, frost hardy, evergreen subshrub with fleshy, spoon-shaped to narrowly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and magenta flowers from early summer to early autumn.

Other sources

• NEVES, J. P., L. F. FERREIRA, M. M. VAZ, AND L. C. GAZARINI. In press. Gas exchange in the salt marsh species Atriplex portulacoides L. and Limoniastrum monopetalum L. in Southern Portugal. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum