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vulgare

Taxon

Echium vulgare L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 139. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Echium vulgare--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sept. 04. 039.jpg

Echium vulgare--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sept. 04. 039.jpg

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Echium vulgare--AZ. Arboretum at Flagstaff. 3 Sept. 04. 041.jpg

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Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02.  032.jpg

Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 032.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 033.jpg

Echium vulgare--Italy. Tuscany. Bettolle, near Hotel Forum. 14 May 02. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Echium vulgare--Italy. Abruzzo. Subiaco, Saint Scholastica Monastery. 10 May 02.  040.jpg

Echium vulgare--Italy. Abruzzo. Subiaco, Saint Scholastica Monastery. 10 May 02. 040.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Native to 50 botanical countries across Europe and Temperate Asia; introduced into 75 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 10, 2002

Location

Italy, Lazio, Rome (Subiaco)

41.916944, 13.118056

Location Remarks

St. Scolastica Monastery at Subiaco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 14, 2002

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

September 4, 2004

Location

United States, Arizona, Coconino (Arboretum at Flagstaff)

Location Remarks

West of Flagstaff on Route 66, then 3.8 miles south on Woody Mountain Road

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Echium

Specific Epithet

vulgare

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#98,321 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →