Echium gentianoides

Echium gentianoides

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. Gentianoidea
Species: Echium gentianoides

Name

Echium gentianoides Webb ex Coincy, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 498 (1903).

• Typus: La Palma in monte excelso Cumbre de Garafia, Bourgeau 893 (Holotypus: P).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Echium thyrsiflorum Masson ex Link in C.L.von Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 144 (1828), p.p.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (La Palma). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Bramwell, D. 1972. A revision of the genus Echium in Macaronesia. Lagascalia 2(1): 37–115. PDF (17 MB). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium gentianoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 13. Reference page.  (as Echium thyrsiflorum)
• Hassler, M. 2020. Echium gentianoides. 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 13. Reference page. 

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