Echium vulgare

Taxonavigation

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 vulgare
Subspecies: E. v. subsp. pustulatum – E. v. subsp. vulgare

Name

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

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Echium vulgare subsp. genuinum Cout., Fl. Port: 500 (1913), nom. inval.

Homonyms

Echium vulgare Bourg. ex Reut Echium salmanticum Lag.
Echium vulgare Brot. = Echium rauwolfii Delile

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia)
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Free State, Northern Provinces.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Gruziya)
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia,
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South.

Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

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

References

Primary references

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

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Echium vulgare in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Echium vulgare. Published online. Accessed: April 18 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Echium vulgare. Accessed: 18 April 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. Echium vulgare. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 18. Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: أخيون
беларуская: Сіняк звычайны
català: Llengua de bou
corsu: Viparina turchina
kaszëbsczi: Zwëczajny mòdrzińc
čeština: Hadinec obecný
Cymraeg: Gwiberlys
dansk: Almindelig Slangehoved
Deutsch: Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf
English: Viper's-bugloss
español: Viborera
eesti: Ussikeel
euskara: Sugegorri-belar
suomi: Kyläneidonkieli
français: Vipérine commune
Gaeilge: Lus nathrach
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna hrimanka
magyar: Kígyószisz
italiano: Erba viperina
日本語: シベナガムラサキ
ქართული: ლურჯი ძირწითელა
lietuvių: Paprastasis ežeinis
македонски: Волчја опашка
norsk bokmål: Ormehode
Nederlands: Slangenkruid
occitan: Bourrage-fèr
polski: Żmijowiec zwyczajny
português: Viperina
Runa Simi: Llunku-llunku
română: Iarba şarpelui
русский: Синяк обыкновенный
slovenčina: Hadinec obyčajný
slovenščina: Navadni gadovec
shqip: Ushqerza e rëndomtë
svenska: Blåeld
Türkçe: Adi engerek otu
українська: Синяк звичайний
中文: 蓝蓟

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