Echium creticum

Echium creticum

Echium creticum

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 creticum
Subspecies: E. c. subsp. creticum – E. c. subsp. granatense – E. c. subsp. sauvagei

Name

Echium creticum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 139 (1753.)

• Typus: “Habitat in Creta” [in error]. Lectotypus, designated by R.M.S. Batarda Fernandes, Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 43: 152 (1969): LINN 191.21 (LINN)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Echium megalanthum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 541 (1840).
  • Echium plantagineum Kunze, Flora 29: 761 (1846), nom. illeg. non L.
  • Echium rubrum Moench, Methodus: 422 (1794).
  • Echium setosum Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.: 186 (1813).
  • Echium verecundum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 115 (1796).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Sicilia (doubtfully present). Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 139. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Valdés, B. 2010. Echium. Pp. 413–446 in Castroviejo, S.†, Andrés, C., Arista, M., Fernández Piedra, M.P., Gallego, M.J., Ortiz, P.L., Romero Zarco, C., Salgueiro, F.J., Silvestre Domingo, S. & Quintanar, A. (eds.), Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XI. Gentianaceae – Boraginaceae. xxviii + 672 pp.. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-00-09415-7. PDF. Reference page. 
• Valdés, B. 2007. Notas sobre el género Echium L. Lagascalia 27: 53–71. PDF Reference page. 
• Fernandes, R.M.S.B. 1969. Quelques notes sur le genre Echium L. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, ser. 2 43: 145–158. Full issue PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium creticum 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 creticum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 04 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Echium creticum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Oct 2020.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Echium creticum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 12.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium creticum. 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. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echium creticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Cretan viper's bugloss
español: buglosa de Creta

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