''Alkanna'' is a

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s including about 60

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of the

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Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...

Selected species

* '' A. amana'' Rech.f. * '' A. angustifolia'' Sümbül * '' A. areolata'' Boiss. * '' A. attilae'' P.H.Davis * '' A. aucheriana'' A.DC. * '' A. auranitica'' Mouterde * '' A. bracteosa'' Boiss. * '' A. caliensis'' Heldr. ex Boiss. * '' A. cappadocica'' Boiss. & Balansa * '' A. confusa'' Sam. ex Rech.f. * '' A. corcyrensis'' Hayek * '' A. cordifolia'' K.Koch * '' A. dumanii'' Sümbül * '' A. frigida'' Boiss. * '' A. froedinii'' Rech.f. * '' A. galilaea'' Boiss. * '' A. graeca'' Boiss. & Spruner * '' A. haussknechtii'' Bornm. * '' A. hirsutissima'' (Bertol.) A.DC. * '' A. hispida'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. incana'' Boiss. * '' A. jordanovii'' St.Kozhukharov * '' A. kotschyana'' A.DC. * '' A. leiocarpa'' Rech.f. * '' A. leptophylla'' Rech.f. * '' A. lutea'' A.DC. * '' A. macrophylla'' Boiss. & Heldr. * '' A. macrosiphon'' Boiss. & Heldr. * '' A. maleolens'' Bornm. * '' A. megacarpa'' A.DC. * '' A. methanaea'' Hausskn. * '' A. milliana'' Sümbül * '' A. mughlae'' H.Duman, Güner
& Cagban * '' A. noneiformis'' Griseb. * '' A. oreodaxo'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. orientalis'' (L.) Boiss. * '' A. pamphylica'' Hub.-Mor. & Reese * '' A. pelia'' (Halácsy) Rech.f. * '' A. phrygia'' Bornm. * '' A. pinardi'' Boiss. * '' A. pindicola'' Hausskn. * '' A. prasinophylla'' Rech.f. * '' A. primuliflora'' Griseb. * '' A. pseudotinctoria'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. pulmonaria'' Griseb. * '' A. punctulata'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. sandwithii'' Rech.f. * '' A. sartoriana'' Boiss. & Heldr. * '' A. saxicola'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. scardica'' Griseb. * '' A. shattuckia'' Post * '' A. sieberi'' A.DC. * '' A. sieheana'' Rech.f. * '' A. stojanovii'' St.Kozhukharov * '' A. stribrnyi'' Velen. * '' A. strigosa'' Boiss. & Hohen. * '' A. syriaca'' (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss. * '' A. tinctoria'' (L.) Tausch * '' A. trichophila'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. tubulosa'' Boiss. * '' A. verecunda'' Hub.-Mor. * '' A. viscidula'' Boiss. : List sources : NOTE: Each species from the list at Tropicos.org was also checked against its corresponding entry at ''theplantlist.org'' for accepted status before being included on this page.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q310459 Boraginoideae Boraginaceae genera