Echium candicans

Echium candicans

Taxonavigation

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: Echium
Sectio: E. sect. Pachylepis
Species: Echium candicans

Name

Echium candicans L.f., Suppl Pl. 131. 1782.

• Ind. loc.: “Madeira.”
• Typus: Masson, Herb. Linn. No. 191.5 (LINN). “Echium thyrsiflorum in rupis altis. Masson ex litteris.”

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Argyrexias candicans (L.f.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 86. 1838.
  • Echium thyrsiflorum Masson ex Link in Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. 144. 1825.

• Heterotypic
  • Echium brachyanthum Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 1: 182. 1813.
  • Echium candicans var. noronhae Menezes, Ann. Sci. Nat. Porto 8: 95. 1903. (given by Bramwell (1972) and in Plant List as Fl. Archip. Mad.: “180” (Bibdigital: 115). 1914.)
  • Echium cynoglossoides Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2 86. 1815. nom. nud.
  • Echium cynoglossoides Poir., Encyc. Suppl. 5, 487. 1817.
  • Echium densiflorum DC., Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp. 108. 1813.
  • Echium fastuosum Dryand. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2 1: 300. 1810, nom. illeg. non Echium fastuosum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 114. 1796.
  • Echium macrophyllum Lehm., Pl. Asperif. Nucif. 2: 412. 1818.
  • Echium maderense hort. ex Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 541. 1840. nom. nud.
  • Echium marianum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 11: 95. 1849.
  • Echium pallidum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 114. 1796.
  • Echium pavonianum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 11: 96. 1849.
  • Echium truncatum hort. ex W.Irving, Gard. Chron. Ser. III 51(1327): 368. 1912. nom. nud.

Homonyms

• Echium candicans Lam. = Echium giganteum L.f.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain (adventive) Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy (naturalized) Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Madeira (Madeira (native); Porto Santo (not native)) Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia South Australia (naturalized) Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North (naturalized), New Zealand South (naturalized). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California (naturalized). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page.  (!131)

Additional references

• Bramwell, D. 1972. A revision of the genus Echium in Macaronesia. Lagascalia 2(1): 37–115. PDF (17 MB). Reference page.  (!86–88)

Links

• Echium candicans in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2015. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2015 Nov 10.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium candicans in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Nov 8.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echium candicans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Echium candicans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Nov 8. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Hadinec převislý
Deutsch: Madeira-Natternkopf
English: Pride of Madeira
español: Orgullo de Madeira
français: Vipérine de Madère
polski: Żmijowiec wspaniały
português: Massaroco
русский: Синяк белеющий

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