Pontechium
Sign in to savePontechium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pontechium. It is a biennial native to parts of Europe and western Asia, ranging from Poland and Austria through the Balkans and Ukraine to eastern European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
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- monotypic taxon
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- Boraginaceae
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- Pontechium
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Pontechium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pontechium. It is a biennial native to parts of Europe and western Asia, ranging from Poland and Austria through the Balkans and Ukraine to eastern European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
The species was first described as Echium maculatum by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. In 2000 Böhle & Hilger placed it in its own genus as Pontechium maculatum.
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