Alkanna orientalis

Alkanna orientalis

Alkanna orientalis

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 orientalis
Subspecies: A. o. subsp. integrifolia – A. o. subsp. orientalis

Name

Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss., (1844).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anchusa orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 133 (1753).

• Homotypic
  • Camptocarpus orientalis (L.) K.Koch, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 46 (1844).
  • Lithospermum orientale (L.) L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 145 (1767).

Notes

• Homonyms
  • Anchusa orientalis Pall. (1776) = Alkanna lutea Moris
  • Anchusa orientalis (L.) Rchb.f. (1858) = Anchusa ovata Lehm.
  • Lithospermum orientale Georgi (1776-1780)= Alkanna lutea Moris
  • Lithospermum orientale Loisel. (1828) = Alkanna lutea Moris
  • Lithospermum orientale Kotschy ex A.DC. (1846) = Alkanna kotschyana DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen Extinct in: Algeria, Tunisia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 4. 86 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1, 4: 46.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alkanna orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alkanna orientalis. Published online. Accessed: Oct 03 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Alkanna orientalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2022 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

العربية: كحلاء مشرقية

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