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azurea

Taxon

Anchusa azurea Mill.

Protologue Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 9. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (1).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (8).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (8).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (6).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (4).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (7).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (7).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105.jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (3).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (2).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (5).jpg

Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 081.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 081.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 080.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 080.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 079.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Tuscany. Ris. Nat. Basso Merse. 20 May 03. 079.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 027.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 029.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 028.jpg

Anchusa italica--Italy. Abruzzo. Res. Torino di Sangro. 5 May 03. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Occurrences

No collection number

May 5, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo (Torino di Sangro)

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 20, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

6.1

June 19, 2010

Location

Iraq, Kurdistan, Erbil Prov. (Cham i Sakran)

36.594944, 44.908917

Location Remarks

Choman Distr. Vicinity of Shakh-i Sakran. Sakri Sakran, c. 40 km north of Raniya and Dukan Lake (as the crow flies), along a dirt road connecting Raniya through Sakran Village Resort, ultimately to Hwy 3. 1496 m elev.

Collectors

Ihsan Al-Shebaz, Christopher Davidson, Barbara Ertter, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Roadside vegetation in diffuse Quercus woodland.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Anchusa

Specific Epithet

azurea

Authorship

Mill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.8

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

#99,644 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Anchusa italica Retz.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy