Alkanna orientalis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Lithospermeae
Genus: Alkanna
Sectio: A. sect. Alkanna
Species: Alkanna orientalis
Subspecies: A. o. subsp. integrifolia – A. o. subsp. orientalis

Name edit

Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 46 (1844).

Synonyms edit

Basionym
- Anchusa orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 133 (1753).
Homotypic
- Baphorhiza orientalis (L.) Font Quer & Rothm. in Brotéria, Sér. Trimestr. 9: 150 (1940).
- Camptocarpus orientalis (L.) K.Koch, Linnaea 17: 304 (1842).
- Lithospermum orientale (L.) L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 145 (1767).
- Oskampia trichotoma Moench, Methodus: 420 (1794), nom. illeg.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Extinct in: Algeria, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Boissier, P.E. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 4. 86 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references edit

Riedl, H.U. 1964. Boraginaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 48. 281 pp., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page.
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1972. Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. xxix + 370 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page.
Wood, J.R.I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen Flora. VI + 434 + 40 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-31-8. Reference page.
Collenette, I.S. 1999. Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia. 799 pp., Riyadh: National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ISBN 9960-614-09-3.Reference page.
Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt. Volume 2 (Geraniaceae – Boraginaceae). xvi + 382 pp., Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing, ISBN 977-5429-22-6. Reference page.
Authier, P. & Covillot, J. 2011. Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea 41: 131–170. Full issue PDF; 19 MB Reference page.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2011. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 3: Dicotyledoneae: Balsaminaceae – Euphorbiaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0124-7, 449 pp. PDF Reference page.
Aktaş, K. 2012. Alkanna. Pp. 220–223 in Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alkanna orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alkanna orientalis. Published online. Accessed: April 23 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alkanna orientalis. Accessed: 23 April 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Alkanna orientalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 23. Reference page.

Vernacular names edit

العربية: كحلاء مشرقية

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