Biology:Craniospermum

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Short description: Genus of Boraginaceae plants

Craniospermum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Cynoglossoideae
Tribe: Craniospermeae
Genus: Craniospermum
Lehm.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]

Diploloma Schrenk

Craniospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Siberia (Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Tuva), Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China.[2] They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.[3][4]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Craniospermum canescens DC.
  • Craniospermum desertorum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
  • Craniospermum mongolicum I.M.Johnst.
  • Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
  • Craniospermum subfloccosum Krylov
  • Craniospermum subvillosum Lehm.
  • Craniospermum tuvinicum Ovczinnikova

References

  1. Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 336 (1818)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Craniospermum Lehm.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4536-1. 
  3. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (9 April 2016). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (Except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae. p. 97. ISBN 9783319285344. 
  4. Ovchinnikova, Svetlana (2019). "Ecological features and new location of the rare relict species Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum (Boraginaceae)". Bio Web of Conferences 16: 00024. doi:10.1051/bioconf/20191600024. 

Wikidata ☰ Q8351476 entry