Myosotis abyssinica

Myosotis abyssinica

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: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Myosotideae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Myosotis abyssinica

Name

Myosotis abyssinica Boiss. & Reut., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1 11: 122 (1849).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Myosotis hispida var. bracteata A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 89 (1850).
  • Myosotis aequinoctialis Baker, Kew Bull. 29 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1849. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 8. 128 pp., Parisiis [Paris]: Typis Marci Ducloux et Cons. MDZ Reference page. : 11: 122

Additional references

• Hepper, F.N. (ed.) 1963. Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations. Reference page. 
• Verdcourt, B. 1991. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae. 124 pp., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A.A.Balkema. ISBN 90-6191-354-3 Google Books. 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Myosotis abyssinica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Myosotis abyssinica. Published online. Accessed: January 24 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Myosotis abyssinica. Accessed: 24 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Myosotis abyssinica. 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 January 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: أذن الفأر الحبشي