Echium orientale

Echium orientale

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 orientale

Name

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Megacaryon orientale (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 204 (1875).
• Heterotypic
  • Echium grandiflorum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 115 (1796).
  • Megacaryon armenum Boiss., Pl. Orient. Nov. 1: 7 (1875).
  • Onosma megalosperma Boiss., Pl. Orient. Nov. 1: 8 (1875).

Homonyms

• Echium orientale C.A.Mey. = Echium amoenum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Echium orientale Stephan = Echium plantagineum L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium orientale 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 orientale. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium orientale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium orientale in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 15.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium orientale. 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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