Günther W.H. Kunkel

Vandenboschia speciosa, synonym Trichomanes speciosum, commonly known as the Killarney fern, is a species of fern found widely in Western Europe. It is most abundant in Ireland, Great Britain, Brittany, Galicia, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, but is also found in other locations including France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. It is a relict endemic European species with a disjunct distribution, having had a much wider distribution before the climate changes of the Tertiary and Quaternary periods. This fern has an unusual life cycle, with a perennial gametophyte phase with an active

Bupleurum handiense, the Jandía anise, is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It was described by Günther Willi Hermann Kunkel in 1976. It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura), where it grows between 300 and 800 meters above sea level. It is classified by the IUCN Red List as endangered and it's primarily threatened by animal grazing.

Rutheopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It contains two species, Rutheopsis herbanica and Rutheopsis tortuosa, which are endemic to the Canary Islands. The genus name of Rutheopsis is in honour of Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859), a German teacher (Oberlehrer), botanist and entomologist. The genus has 3 known synonyms; Canaria Jim.Mejías & P.Vargas, Gliopsis Rauschert and Ruthea Bolle. The Latin specific epithet of herbanica refers to being herbaceous. It was first described and published in Cuad. Bot. Canaria Vol.26-27 on page 61 in 1976. Both species in

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Reichardia ligulata is a species of plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae native to the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Grand Canaria, and La Palma) where it grows on rocky coastal slopes and cliffs.

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Polycarpaea robusta is a species of flowering plant. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

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