Anchusa aegyptiaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Anchusa aegyptiaca (L.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 48 (1846).

Basionym
- Lycopsis aegyptiaca L., Sp. Pl.: 138 (1753).
Homotypic
- Asperugo aegyptiaca (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 198 (1762).
Heterotypic
- Anchusa flava Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 40 (1775).
- Anchusa verrucosa Lam., Encycl. 1: 504 (1785).
- Asperugo verrucosa (Lam.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 159 (1875), comb. inval., pro syn. ("A[..sperugo? ..nchusa?]. verrucosa Lam.")

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Siciliy (extinct).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Egypt, Libya, Tunisia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Saudi Arabia.

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