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Taxon

Echium plantagineum L.

Protologue Mant. Pl. Altera 202. 1771 [Oct 1771]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 026.jpg

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 026.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05.025.jpg

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05.025.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 027.jpg

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 027.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 024.jpg

Echium plantagineum--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Aptera. 23 May 05. 024.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 31 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into 39 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

May 24, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)

35.4275, 24.189167

Location Remarks

Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Echium

Specific Epithet

plantagineum

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

0.1

Global rank

#273,752 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →