Pontechium
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Pontechium Böhle & Hilger (2000) |
Species: | P. maculatum
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Binomial name | |
Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger (2000)
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Pontechium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pontechium. It is a biennial native to parts of Europe and western Asia, ranging from Poland and Austria through the Balkans and Ukraine to eastern European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.[1]
The species was first described as Echium maculatum by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. In 2000 Böhle & Hilger placed it in its own genus as Pontechium maculatum.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Hilger, Hartmut H.; Böhle, Uta-Regina (2000). "Pontechium: a new genus distinct from Echium and Lobostemon (Boraginaceae)". Taxon. 49 (4): 737–746. doi:10.2307/1223974. JSTOR 1223974.
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