Anchusa azurea Mill. belongs to the Boraginaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Anchusa italica, 6.1--Iraq. Kurdistan. Shakh-i Sakran. 19 June 2010. 105 (1).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Anchusa
Specific Epithet
azurea
Authorship
Mill.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#99,644 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
10%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
Italy, Abruzzo
42.226111, 14.553611
Location Remarks
Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Italy, Tuscany
43.128056, 11.264167
Location Remarks
Riserva Naturale Basso Merse
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Erbil Prov.
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.
