Pontechium
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Pontechium Böhle & Hilger (2000) |
| Species: | P. maculatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger (2000) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synonymy
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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
[edit]- 1 2 3 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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Categories:
- Boraginaceae
- Boraginaceae genera
- Monotypic Boraginales genera
- Flora of Albania
- Flora of Austria
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of the Caucasus
- Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
- Flora of Czechoslovakia
- Flora of East European Russia
- Flora of Greece
- Flora of Hungary
- Flora of Poland
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of South European Russia
- Flora of Turkey
- Flora of Turkmenistan
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of Yugoslavia
- Plants described in 1759
- Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus