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Boraginaceae

Echium

Echium candicans L.f.

First published in Suppl. Pl.: 131 (1782)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Central Madeira. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Madeira

Introduced into:

California, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Spain, Tasmania

Heterotypic Synonyms

Argyrexias candicans Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 86 (1838)
Echium brachyanthum Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 182 (1813)
Echium candicans var. noronhae Menezes in Fl. Madeira: 180 (1914)
Echium cynoglossoides Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 86 (1815)
Echium densiflorum DC. in Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 108 (1813)
Echium macrophyllum Lehm. in Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 412 (1818)
Echium maderense Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 541 (1840)
Echium marianum Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 90 (1849)
Echium pallidum Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 114 (1796)
Echium pavonianum Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 91 (1849)
Echium truncatum Anon. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 51: 368 (1912)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images