Echium giganteum

Echium giganteum

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. Gigantea
Species: Echium giganteum

Name

Echium giganteum L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 131 (1782).

• Typus: «N. coast of Tenerife in steep places 1778», Masson (Holotypus: BM)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Isoplesion giganteum (L.f.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 86 (1836).
• Heterotypic
  • Echium candicans Lam., Tabl. Encyc. 1: 414 (1791).
  • Echium rupestre Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 114 (1796).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Tenerife). 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium giganteum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Echium giganteum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium giganteum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium giganteum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 13.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium giganteum. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 05. Reference page. 

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