Echium pitardii

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 pitardii

Name

Echium pitardii A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. 15: 915 (1935).

• Typus: Lanzarote, Pitard, Pl. canarienses 264.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Echium lancerottense Lems & Holzapfel, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 50. 1968.
  • Echium lancerottense var. macrantha Lems & Holzapfel, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 52. 1968.
    • Echium pitardii var. macrantha (Lems & Holzapfel) Bramwell, Cuad. Bot. Canaria 12: 4 (1971).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (Lanzarote). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Chevalier, A.J.B. 1935. Les Iles du Cap Vert. Géographie, biogéographie, agriculture. Flore de l'Archipel. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale 15(170–171): 733–1090, pl i–xvi. Persée Reference page. : (!915)

Additional references

• Lems, K. & Holzapfel, C.M. 1968. Evolution in the Canary Islands. II. Revision of the Annual and Biennial Species of Echium (Boraginaceae). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 95(1): 37–57. DOI: 10.2307/2483806 Reference page. 
• Bramwell, D. 1971. Some notes on Echium (Boraginaceae) from Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Cuadernos de Botánica Canaria 12: 3–7. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium pitardii 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 pitardii. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium pitardii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium pitardii. 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. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Lanzarote-Natternkopf
español: Viborina de Lanzarote

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