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A Tenerife endemic and closely associated with pine forests; its distribution encompasses Las Cañadas del Teide. This medium-sized earwig (12-15 mm) is dark brown, with lighter coloured forceps, except for the tips, which are black. ...
This small mantis (21-28 cm) is exclusive to Tenerife, where it lives in Las Cañadas del Teide and the pinewoods of the montane forest belt, above 1300 m. It is rather delicate to look at, the head is wider than the thorax and the ...
This Echium is native to the island of Fogo. A highly branched, compact shrub, up to 1.5-2 m. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, light green or silver and covered in silky down. Inflorescences are dense, conical and ...
Endemic to Deserta Grande, but restricted to Valle de Castanheira, in the highest part of the island. This spider is 8 cm long (including leg length) and has been dubbed the ‘tarantula’ of the Desertas, though it bears no relation to ...
Small shrub (up to 40 cm), with numerous spathulate leaves up to 11 cm long and 3.5 cm wide. Flowers are arranged in a lax panicle, up to 44 cm long, pinkish. This species is only found on two Barlovento Islands, São Vicente and São ...
A native of Cape Verde, although its taxonomy is much disputed, distinguished by being over 10 m tall and branching into 5-10 trunks at the base. Leaves are arranged in up to a hundred apical rosettes; leaves are 2-3 long, dark green and ...
Woody shrub, highly branched, to 2 m, erect and bright green, leaves lanceolate, green when new, becoming greyish. Inflorescences are composed of 4-7 bluish or pink flowers. This species is found on the islands of Santo Antão, São ...
Evergreen tree, trunk robust, usually highly branched, up to 20 m. Leaves entire, narrow and long, up to 60 cm long, green or glaucous. Inflorescences terminal and branched, with white or greenish-white flowers. Fruits round, fleshy, ...
Endemic to the Canary Islands and only present in La Gomera (R. gomerensis), Tenerife and Gran Canaria (R. rufescens). This nocturnal moth is found from August to December in laurisilva laurel forests and degraded areas feeding on faya ...
Small herb, with a basal rosette producing stems up to 70 cm. Leaves are spathulate and pointed, up to 17 cm long and 2 cm wide, with uneven sinuate-dentate borders. Flowers are yellow and appear in clusters on the upper third of the ...
Woody shrub to 2 m, erect and highly branched, ascending branches but drooping at the tip, under the weight of leaves and flowers. Leaves are succulent and evergreen, linear, up to 4 cm long and glossy green. Inflorescences are terminal ...
Plant with a small bulb of seasonal growth (geophyte), to 60 cm tall, leaves arranged along the stem. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, bright green, with a prominent midrib. Inflorescence is conical, of 24-50 highly striking pink or purple ...
