Echium
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Echium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as parts of East Asia. One species, Echium plantagineum (Patterson's Curse), is a major invasive species in Australia. Many species are used as ornamental and garden plants and may be found in suitable climates throughout the world.
Echium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora onosmella and Orange Swift.
Species
- Echium acanthocarpum Svent.
- Echium aculeatum Poir.
- Echium albicans Lag. & Rodr.
- Echium angustifolium Lam.
- Echium arenarium Guss.
- Echium asperrimum Lam.
- Echium auberianum Webb et Berth.
- Echium bethencourtii Santos
- Echium boissieri Steudel
- Echium bonnetii Coincy
- Echium brevirame Sprague et Hutch.
- Echium callithyrsum Webb ex Bolle
- Echium candicans L. fil. : Pride of Madeira
- Echium creticum L.
- Echium decaisnei Webb
- Echium flavum Desf.
- Echium gaditanum Boiss.
- Echium gentianoides
- Echium giganteum L. fil.
- Echium handiense Svent.
- Echium humile Desf.
- Echium italicum L. : Pale Viper's-bugloss
- Echium lancerottense Lems et Holz.
- Echium leucophaeum Webb ex Sprague et Hutch.
- Echium lusitanicum L.
- Echium marianum Boiss.
- Echium nervosum Dryand. in W.T. Aiton
- Echium parviflorum Moench : Small-flowered Viper's-bugloss
- Echium pavonianum Boiss.
- Echium pininana Webb et Berth. : Giant Viper's-bugloss
- Echium plantagineum L. : Purple Viper's-bugloss, Patterson's Curse
- Echium pustulatum Sibth. & Sm.
- Echium rosulatum Lange : Lax Viper's-bugloss
- Echium russicum J.F.Gmel.
- Echium sabulicola Pomel
- Echium salmanticum Lag.
- Echium simplex DC.
- Echium strictum L.f.
- Echium sventenii Bramw.
- Echium tuberculatum Hoffmanns. & Link
- Echium virescens DC. : Tower of Jewels
- Echium vulgare L : Viper's Bugloss
- Echium webbii Coincy
- Echium wildpretii Pears. ex Hook. fil.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Echium". Image Credit.
