Periploca laevigata

Periploca laevigata
In habitat, Los Felipes, Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Periploca
Species:
P. laevigata
Binomial name
Periploca laevigata
Synonyms
  • Periploca oleifolia Salisb.
  • Periploca punicifolia Cav.

Periploca laevigata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands and Cape Verde.

The species was described by William Aiton and was published in Hortus Kewensis in 1789. Its Spanish names are cornicabra or cornica. "Cornicabra" means goat horn.