Symphytum bulbosum

Symphytum bulbosum, Porto Venere, Italy.

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: Boragineae
Subtribus: Boragininae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: Symphytum bulbosum
Nothospecies: S. × bicknellii

Name

Symphytum bulbosum Schimper, Flora 8: 17 (1825).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Symphytum brochum Bory & Chaub., Nouv. Fl. Pélop.: 13 (1838).
  • Symphytum clusii C.C.Gmel., Fl. Bad. 4: 114 (1826).
  • Symphytum filipendulum Bisch., Flora 9: 562 (1826).
  • Symphytum macrolepis J.Gay ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 347 (1831).
  • Symphytum punctatum Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 2: 41 (1828).
  • Symphytum zeyheri K.F.Schimp., Flora 12: 418 (1829).

Homonyms

• Symphytum bulbosum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 468 (1866). = Symphytum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Middle Europe Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France (Channel Islands, France, Monaco), Sardegna. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (Italy, San Marino, Vatican City), Sicilia (Malta, Sicilia), Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia). Asia-Temperate Western Asia Turkey (Balıkesir, Çanakkale). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Pawlowski, B. 1972. Symphytum. Pp. 103-106 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. xxix + 370 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Wickens, G.E. 1978. Symphytum. Pp. 378- 386 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page. 
• Nikolić, T. 2000. Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, Pars 3. Natura Croatica 9, Suppl. 1: 1–324. Reference page. 
• Tarıkahya-Hacıoğlu, B. & Erik, S. 2011. Phylogeny of Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae) with special emphasis on Turkish species. African Journal of Biotechnology 10(69): 15483–15493. DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1094 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Symphytum bulbosum. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 3. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Symphytum bulbosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Symphytum bulbosum. Published online. Accessed: 3 January 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Knollen-Beinwell
English: bulbous comfrey
hornjoserbsce: Dulkate kosćadło
svenska: Balkanvallört

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