Echium boissieri

Echium boissieri

Echium boissieri

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: Echium
Sectio: E. sect. Echium
Species: Echium boissieri

Name

Echium boissieri Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 540 (1840), nom. nov..

• Lectotypus (designated by Sauvage & Vindt (1956): Provinda Malacitana prope Alhaurin, east. 1837, G-BOIS

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Echium albicans Schott ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 726 (1819), nom. illeg. non Lag. & Rodr.
  • Echium lagascae Boiss., Elench. Pl. Nov.: 69 (1838), , nom. illeg. non Roem. & Schult.
• Homotypic
  • Echium glomeratum Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 1: 424 (1841), nom. illeg.
  • Echium pomponium Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne: 1: t. 124 (1841).
• Heterotypic
  • Echium pomponium var. tangerinum Pau, Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 24: 100 (1924).
  • Echium pomponium var. velutinum Pau, Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 22: 364 (1924).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Portugal, Spain. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Steudel, E.Th. 1840. Nomenclator botanicus. Seu: synonymia plantarum universalis, enumerans ordine alphabetico nomina atque synonyma, tum generica tum specifica, et a Linnaeo et a recentioribus de re botanica scriptoribus plantis phanerogamis imposita. Editio secunda ex nova elaborata et aucta. Pars I: Lit. A–K. 852 pp. Typis et sumptibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart] et Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 540.

Additional references

• Gibbs, P.E. 1971. Taxonomic studies on the genus Echium. I. An outline revision of the Spanish species. Lagascalia 1: 27–82. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium boissieri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Echium boissieri. Published online. Accessed: Oct 04 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium boissieri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Oct 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium boissieri. 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 04. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: lenguazas, viborera grande, yerba gigante

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