Lithospermum officinale

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Lithospermum
Species: Lithospermum officinale

Name[edit]

Lithospermum officinale L., Sp. Pl.: 132 (1753).

Synonyms[edit]

Lithospermum erectum Garsault
Lithospermum majus Gilib.
Lithospermum ochroleucum Stokes
Lithospermum officinale var. stewartii Kazmi
Margarospermum officinale (L.) Decne.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
- Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Nepal, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
- Argentina South, Colombia, Finland (ephemeral alien), Illinois, New York, Vermont

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 132.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lithospermum officinale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lithospermum officinale. Published online. Accessed: Oct 07 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lithospermum officinale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Oct 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lithospermum officinale in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

azərbaycanca: Dərman səfərotu
català: Mill del sol
čeština: Kamejka lékařská
Deutsch: Echter Steinsame
English: Common gromwell, European Stoneseed
suomi: Rohtorusojuuri
magyar: Kőmagvú gyöngyköles
Nederlands: Glad parelzaad
polski: Nawrot lekarski
slovenčina: Kamienka lekárska
svenska: Stenfrö
中文: 小花紫草

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