Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Boraginales > Family Boraginaceae > Genus Echium

Echium italicum L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echium*	L.	accepted genus name
*Isoplesion*	Raf.	synonym
*Larephes*	Raf.	synonym
*Megacaryon*	Boiss.	synonym

Species group names

*Echium altissimum*	Jacq.	heterotypic synonym
*Echium italicum subsp. altissimum*	(Jacq.) Arcang.	heterotypic synonym

Children

Echium italicum L. subsp. italicum
Echium italicum subsp. biebersteinii (Lacaita) Greuter & Burdet
Echium italicum subsp. scaettae (Pamp.) Greuter & Burdet
Echium italicum subsp. siculum (Lacaita) Greuter & Burdet

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: bolenga sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: herva vibora de Italia; llengua bovina sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: lengua arábiga; viborera italiana sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Valencian: coral

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. (2011): Boraginaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Echium italicum L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=F41E93DD-0F53-428C-8895-303F17976523