Alkanna tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria

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: Alkanna
Sectio: A. sect. Alkanna
Species: Alkanna tinctoria
Subspecies: A. t. subsp. anatolica – A. t. subsp. subleiocarpa – A. t. subsp. tinctoria – A. t. subsp. tripolitana

Name

Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch, Flora 7: 234 (1824).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 192 (1762). (cited basionym for Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch)
  • Lithospermum tinctorium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 132 (1753). (basionym for Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L., replaced synonym for Alkanna matthioli Tausch)
    • Lectotypus (designated by F.Selvi, Güner & Duman, Taxon 53(3): 802 (2004): [icon]: “Anchusa monspeliana” in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. 3: 584 (1651). Epitype (designated by F.Selvi, l.c.): [France], Montpellier, May 1861, Watson-Taylor 465 (FI).
• Homotypic
  • Alkanna tinctoria (L.) DC., Prodr. 10: 99 (1846), nom. illeg. non Tausch (1824).
  • Alkanna matthioli Tausch, Flora 7: 235 (1824).
  • Baphorhiza tinctoria (L.) Link, Handbuch 1: 578 (1829).
  • Buglossum tinctorium (L.) Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 278 (1779).
  • Onochiles tinctoria (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 491 (1897).
  • Rhytispermum tinctorium (L.) Link, Handbuch 1: 579 (1829).
• Heterotypic
  • Alkanna bracteolata Greuter, Exsicc. Genav. 3: 38 (1972), nom. nov.
    • Anchusa tuberculata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 40 (1775).
    • Alkanna tuberculata (Forssk.) Meikle, Kew Bull. 34(4): 823 (1980), nom. illeg. non Greuter (1972).
  • Alkanna tinctoria subsp. glandulosa Hub.-Mor., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35(3): 298 (1977).
  • Alkanna tuberculata Greuter, Exsicc. Genav. 3: 38 (1972), nom. nov.
    • Anchusa bracteolata Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec. 10, tab. 4 (1824).
  • Anchusa rhizochroa Viv., Pl. Aegypt. Dec. n. 20 (1830).
  • Lithospermum lehmanii Tineo in Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 791 (1845).
    • Alkanna lehmannii (Tineo) A.DC., Prodr. (DC.) 10: 588 (1846).
    • Alkanna tinctoria subsp. lehmannii (Tineo) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. : 517 (1881).
  • Lycopsis cyrenaica Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 556 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Alkanna arietinella Hub.-Mor. & Reese, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 52: 50 (1943).
  • Lithospermum commutatum Bianca, Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, ser. 2, 1: 292 (1844).
  • Lithospermum obtusum Vis. in G.F.Spongia, Comment. Med. 2: 194 (1836).
  • Nonea vesicaria Willk., Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 164 (1893).
  • Nonea violacea Aucher ex A.DC. in: De Candolle, Prodr. 10: 100 (1846).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), Hungary. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) Regional: Eastern Europe Krym (introduced), Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai, Turkey, . References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tausch, I.F. 1824. Bemerkungen über Anchusa angustifolia und einige minder bekannte Arten. Flora 7(15): 225–235 BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cafferty, S. & Jarvis, C.E. (eds.) 2004. Typification of Linnaean plant names in Boraginaceae. Taxon 53(3): 799–805. DOI: 10.2307/4135454 . JSTOR . Reference page. 
• McNeill, J. & al., eds. 2005. International code of botanical nomenclature (Vienna Code). (ICBN Vienna) Art. 11, Note 1, Ex. 14.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alkanna tinctoria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Alkanna tinctoria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alkanna tinctoria. Published online. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alkanna tinctoria. Accessed: 24 Apr 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Alkanna tinctoria in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 24.

Vernacular names

العربية: كحلاء مصبوغة
azərbaycanca: Boyaq alkannası
български: Синя айважива
català: Boleng roig
čeština: Alcanna
Deutsch: Schminkwurz
English: Dyer's Bugloss, Dyer's Alkanet
español: palomilla de tintes
français: Orcanette des teinturiers
עברית: אלקנת הצבעים
हिन्दी: रतनजोत
magyar: Homoki báránypirosító
қазақша: Бояулы алканна
kurdî: Giyacîwa
polski: Alkanna barwierska
русский: Алканна красильная
Türkçe: Havacıva

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