Pontechium

Pontechium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
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
	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.¹²

References

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.

[powo-1] 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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