Pontechium maculatum

Pontechium maculatum

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: Pontechium
Species: Pontechium maculatum
Varietates: P. m. var. acutifolium – P. m. var. maculatum

Name

Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger, Taxon 49(4): 743 (2000).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echium maculatum L., Amoen. Acad., ed. 4: 478 (1759).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Hungary, Poland. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia). Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Böhle, U.-R. & Hilger, H.H. 2000. Pontechium: A New Genus Distinct from Echium and Lobostemon (Boraginaceae). Taxon 49(4): 737–746. JSTOR Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pontechium maculatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. (as. Echium russicum)

Vernacular names

magyar: Piros kígyószisz

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