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Echium

The genus Echium is in the family Boraginaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Echium

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Echium aculeatum Poir. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium albarracinense Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium albicans Lag. & Rodr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium amoenum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium anchusoides Bacch., Brullo & Selvi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium angustifolium Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Echium aragonense Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium arenarium Guss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium asperrimum Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium asperrinum Lam. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Echium auberianum Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium bethencourtii A.Santos Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium biebersteinii Lacaita Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Echium bifrons DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium boissieri Steud. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium bondspraguei Sprague & Hutch. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium bonnetii Coincy Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium × bramwellii G.Kunkel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium callithyrsum Webb ex Bolle Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium candicans L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium canum Emb. & Maire Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium carriezii Gand. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium chrysogoni Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium clandestinam Pomel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium cotinatum H.Lév. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium creticum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Echium cyrenaicum Pacho Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium dahuricum G.Don ex W.H.Baxter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium dealbescens Gand. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium decaisnei Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium densiflorum Pomel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium divaricatum (Sennen) Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium doderoi Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium fastuosum Aiton Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Echium flavum Desf. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium gaditanum Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium giganteum L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium glomeratum Poir. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium gombertii Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium halacsyi Holmboe Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium handiense Svent. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium hierrense Webb ex Bolle Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium hispanicum Asso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium horridum Batt. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium humile Desf. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 3
Echium hypertropicum Webb Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium indicum Bernh. ex Steud. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium italicum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 5
Echium judaeum Lacaita Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium khuzistanicum Mozaff. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium × lemsii G.Kunkel Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium leucophaeum Webb ex Sprague & Hutch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium × lidii G.Kunkel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium longiflorum Sessé & Moc. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium longifolium Delile Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium lusitanicum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium maculatum L. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium maritimum Willd. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium medium Gand. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium minutiflorum Bornm. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium modestum Ball Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium montanum Sennen & Mauricio Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium nervosum Dryand. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium norberti Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium onosmifolium Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium onosmoides Pomel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium orientale L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pabotii Mouterde Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium parviflorum Moench Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium paui Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium perezii Sprague Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium petiolatum Barratte & Coincy Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pininana Webb & Berthel. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pitardii A.Chev. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium plantagineum L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium polybotryum Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium popovii Dobrocz. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium portosanctense J.A.Carvalho, Pontes, Bat.-Marques & R.Jardim Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium × pustulatohispidum Sennen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pyramidatum Dum.Cours. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pyrenaicum Pourr. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium pyrenaicum Miégev. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium rauwolfii Delile Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium rosulatum Lange Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium rubrum Forssk. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium rubrum Jacq. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium russicum S.G.Gmel. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium sabulicola Pomel Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Echium salmanticum Lag. Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium simplex DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium simsii G.Don ex A.DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium spurium Lojac. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium stenosiphon Webb Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium strictum L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Echium suffruticosum Barratte Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium sventenii Bramwell Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium × taibiquense P.Wolff & Rosinski Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium tenue Roth Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium thyrsiflorum Masson ex Link Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium triste Svent. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Echium tuberculatum Hoffmanns. & Link Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium velutinum Coincy Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Echium vilmorinianum Sauvage & Vindt Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium virescens DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium virescens Jan Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium vulcanorum A.Chev. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium vulgare L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 3
Echium vulnerans Merino Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium webbii Coincy Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Echium wildpretii H.Pearson ex Hook.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 310 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Echium. Of these 67 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 90 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Echium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 310 species names for the genus Echium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 67 21.6%
◕ Synonym 192 61.9%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 51 16.5%

All names

The status of the 400 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Echium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 95 23.8%
◕ Synonym 253 63.2%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 52 13.0%

Of the species names,

A further 3 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 310 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Echium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 66 183 0 0 249 80.3%
Low confidence 1 9 0 51 61 19.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Echium is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 1 0 1 0 4 1.3%
WCSP (in review) 65 191 0 50 3 306 98.7%