Echium hypertropicum

Echium hypertropicum

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. Decaisnea
Species: Echium hypertropicum

Name

Echium hypertropicum Webb in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 155. 1849.

• Typus: Cap-Vert, G. St. Hilaire, 1808 (Holotypus: P).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Macaronesia Cape Verde (Brava, Santiago). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1849. Niger Flora. [...] including Webb, P.B.: Spicilegia Gorgonea, and Hooker, J.D. & Bentham, G.: Flora Nigritiana. London: H. Bailliere. BHL Reference page. : 155.

Additional references

• Romeiras, M.M., Ascensão L., Duarte, M.C., Diniz, M.A. & Pais M.S. 2008. Taxonomy of Echium (Boraginaceae) species from Cape Verde Islands. Australian Systematic Botany 21(1): 26–38. DOI: 10.1071/SB07016 . ResearchGate. Reference page. 

• Catarino, S., Duarte, M.C. & Romeiras, M.M.. Echium hypertropicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Endangered . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107425921A107468167.en.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Echium hypertropicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Echium hypertropicum. Published online. Accessed: 20 October 2019.

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