Pontechium

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: P. maculatum

Name

Pontechium U.-R.Böhle & Hilger, Taxon 49: 743 (2000)

• Typus: Pontechium maculatum (L.) U.-R.Böhle & Hilger

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

Primary 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pontechium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Pontechium. 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 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pontechium. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Pontechium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2020.

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