Echium humile

Echium humile

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. Echium
Species: Echium humile
Subspecies: E. h. subsp. caespitosum – E. h. subsp. humile – E. h. subsp. nanum – E. h. subsp. pycnanthum

Name

Echium humile Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 165 (1798).

• Typus: [Tunisia], in arenis deserti prope Cafsam. (Holotypus: P, Herb. Desfontaines).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Anchusa humilis (Desf.) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 55 (1924).
  • Echium pycnanthum subsp. humile (Desf.) Jahand. & Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 605 (1934).
  • Echium angustifolium var. humile (Desf.) Coincy, J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 217 (1902).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798. Flora Atlantica sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus primus. xx + 444 pp, 120 pl., Parisiis: Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. : 165

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium humile 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 humile. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium humile. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium humile in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 14.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Echium humile. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 14 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium humile. 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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