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., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 46 (1844).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anchusa orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 133 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Baphorhiza orientalis (L.) Font Quer & Rothm. in Brotéria, Sér. Trimestr. 9: 150 (1940).
  • Camptocarpus orientalis (L.) K.Koch, Linnaea 17: 304 (1842).
  • Lithospermum orientale (L.) L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 145 (1767).
  • Oskampia trichotoma Moench, Methodus: 420 (1794), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. 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. 

Additional references

• Riedl, H.U. 1964. Boraginaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 48. 281 pp., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 
• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1972. Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. xxix + 370 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Wood, J.R.I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen Flora. VI + 434 + 40 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-31-8. Reference page. 
• Collenette, I.S. 1999. Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia. 799 pp., Riyadh: National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ISBN 9960-614-09-3.Reference page. 
• Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt. Volume 2 (Geraniaceae – Boraginaceae). xvi + 382 pp., Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing, ISBN 977-5429-22-6. Reference page. 
• Authier, P. & Covillot, J. 2011. Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea 41: 131–170. Full issue PDF; 19 MB Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2011. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 3: Dicotyledoneae: Balsaminaceae – Euphorbiaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0124-7, 449 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Aktaş, K. 2012. Alkanna. Pp. 220–223 in Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alkanna orientalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alkanna orientalis. Published online. Accessed: April 23 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Alkanna orientalis. Accessed: 23 April 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Alkanna orientalis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: كحلاء مشرقية

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