Scilla madeirensis
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
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Scilla madeirensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Madeira and the Savage Islands growing amongst volcanic rocks and along coastal cliff faces.{{Cite web |title=Alpine plant showstoppers {{!}} Kew |url=https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/best-autumn-plants-davies-alpine-house |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.kew.org |language=en}}
Research
In 2003, the bulbs of the plant were found to contain 2,4-(4′-aminobenzenamine)pyrimidine, which has limited evidence as a α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist.{{cite journal |last1=Dias |first1=C |last2=Paulo |first2=A |last3=Nascimento |first3=J |last4=Houghton |first4=P |last5=Hawkes |first5=JE |last6=Gonçalves |first6=ML |title=2-(4′-Aminobenzenamine)-pyrimidine, A New α-Antagonist from |journal=Planta Medica |date=November 2003 |volume=69 |issue=11 |pages=1060–1062 |doi=10.1055/s-2003-45158 |pmid=14735449 }}
See also
References
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{{citation |title=Scilla madeirensis |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=288614 |accessdate=2018-01-11}}
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Category:Flora of the Savage Islands
Category:Plants described in 1926
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