Echium leucophaeum

Echium leucophaeum

Echium leucophaeum

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 leucophaeum

Name

Echium leucophaeum (Webb ex H.Christ) Webb ex Sprague & Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 119 (1914).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echium aculeatum var. leucophaeum Webb ex H.Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 128 (1890).
    • Typus: «Teneriffa in rupibus Baxamar, maio 1846». Bourgeau 466 (Holotypus: K).
• Homotypic
  • Echium giganteum var. leucophaeum (H.Christ) Bornm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 466 (1904).

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

• Sprague, T.A. & Hutchinson, J. 1914. Echiums from the Atlantic Islands. I.Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 1914(3): 116–122. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

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 leucophaeum 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 leucophaeum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium leucophaeum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium leucophaeum. 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 14. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium leucophaeum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 14.

Vernacular names

español: Taginaste de Anaga

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