Echium italicum

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Lithospermeae
Genus: Echium
Sectio: E. sect. Echium
Species: Echium italicum
Subspecies: E. i. subsp. biebersteinii – E. i. subsp. italicum – E. i. subsp. scaettae – E. i. subsp. siculum

Name[edit]

Echium italicum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 139 (1753).

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Echium collinum Salisb., Prodr. 114 (1796), nom. illeg.
- Echium parviflorum Moench, Meth. 423 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Echium ramosum Gaterau, Pl. Montauban 46 (1789), nom. illeg.
- Isoplesion italicum (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 86 (1838).

Homonyms[edit]

Echium italicum Hoffmanns. & Link ex Steud. (1840) = Echium lusitanicum L.
Echium italicum Sieber ex DC. (1846) = Echium asperrimum Lam.
Echium italicum Bové ex DC. (1846) = Echium gaditanum Boiss.
Echium italicum Salzm. ex Ball (1878) = Echium flavum Desf.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria (doubtfully native), Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), Hungary, Switzerland (alien).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza with Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro (doubtful), Serbia, Slovenia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Central European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Libya.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Aremnia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Syria), Turkey.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia (introduced).
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 139. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Echium italicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Echium italicum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 05 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Echium italicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Oct 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Echium italicum. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 05. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echium italicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names[edit]

català: Bolenga
Deutsch: Italienischer Natternkopf
español: viborera italiana
italiano: viperina maggiore
svenska: Italiensk snokört

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