Echium italicum

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 italicum
Subspecies: E. i. subsp. biebersteinii – E. i. subsp. italicum – E. i. subsp. scaettae – E. i. subsp. siculum

Name

Echium italicum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 139 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Echium collinum Salisb., Prodr. 114 (1796), nom. illeg.
- Echium parviflorum Moench, Meth. 423 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Echium ramosum Gaterau, Pl. Montauban 46 (1789), nom. illeg.
- Isoplesion italicum (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 86 (1838).

Homonyms

Echium italicum Hoffmanns. & Link ex Steud. (1840) = Echium lusitanicum L.
Echium italicum Sieber ex DC. (1846) = Echium asperrimum Lam.
Echium italicum Bové ex DC. (1846) = Echium gaditanum Boiss.
Echium italicum Salzm. ex Ball (1878) = Echium flavum Desf.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria (doubtfully native), Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), Hungary, Switzerland (alien).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza with Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro (doubtful), Serbia, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Central European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Libya.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Aremnia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Syria), Turkey.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia (introduced).
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 139. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium italicum 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 italicum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Echium italicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Echium italicum. 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.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echium italicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

català: Bolenga
Deutsch: Italienischer Natternkopf
español: viborera italiana
italiano: viperina maggiore
svenska: Italiensk snokört