Echium pininana

Echium pininana, Barranco del Agua, La Palma, Canary Islands

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. Simplicia
Species: Echium pininana

Name

Echium pininana Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 44 (1844).

• Typus: «Echium pininana sp. nov. Habit. Barlovento ins. Palmae, dedit. P. Barker-Webb» (Holotypus: FI 000175).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Echium piniana Pitard & Proust, Les Iles Canaries, Fl. Archipel.: 277 (1908).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain (introduced). Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (La Palma). Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S. 1836–1850. Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome 3, partie 2, sect. 3. Phytographia Canariensis. 479 pp., tab. 137–250. Paris: Béthune. BHL 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 pininana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Echium pininana. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium pininana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium pininana in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 15.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium pininana. 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 15. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echium pininana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• IUCN: Echium pininana Webb & Berthel.  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Riesen-Natternkopf
English: Pininana
español: Pininana
Nederlands: Reuzenslangenkruid
русский: Синяк сосновый

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