Echiochilon

Genus of flowering plants

Echiochilon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echiochilon
Desf. (1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chilochium Raf. (1821)
  • Echiochilopsis Caball. (1935)
  • Leurocline S.Moore (1901)
  • Sericostoma Stocks (1848)
  • Tetraedrocarpus O.Schwartz (1939)

Echiochilon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1]

Its native range is Northern Africa to Kenya and Southern Pakistan.[1]

Species

16 species are accepted.[1]

  • Echiochilon arabicum (O.Schwartz) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon arenarium (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon baricum Lönn
  • Echiochilon callianthum Lönn
  • Echiochilon chazaliei (H.Boissieu) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon collenettei I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon cyananthum Lönn
  • Echiochilon fruticosum Desf.
  • Echiochilon jugatum I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen.) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon lithospermoides (S.Moore) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon longiflorum Benth.
  • Echiochilon pauciflorum (Stocks ex Wight) Långström & M.W.Chase
  • Echiochilon persicum (Burm.f.) I.M.Johnst.
  • Echiochilon pulvinatum A.G.Mill. & L.Urb.
  • Echiochilon simonneaui Faurel & Dubuis

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Echiochilon Desf. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Echiochilon