Pontechium

Pontechium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
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]
Synonymy
  • Echium acutifolium Lehm. (1817)
  • Echium clavatum Willd. ex Lehm. (1818)
  • Echium italicum S.G.Gmel. (1773), nom. illeg.
  • Echium kochii Litard. (1942)
  • Echium linearifolium K.Koch (1849), nom. illeg.
  • Echium maculatum L. (1759)
  • Echium papillosum K.Koch (1843), nom. illeg.
  • Echium popovii Dobrocz. (1977)
  • Echium rubrum Jacq. (1778), nom. illeg.
  • Echium russicum S.G.Gmel. (1774)
  • Echium russicum var. acutifolium (Lehm.) G.Klotz (1960)
  • Echium thyrsoideum Vent. (1805)
  • Pontechium maculatum var. acutifolium (Lehm.) Böhle & Hilger (2000)

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

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  1. ^ a b c Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ 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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