''Arnebia'' is a

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s in the

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. There are about 38 species, most are located in the Mediterranean region and eastwards to the

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and one species extending down to tropical Africa. The generic name "Arnebia" originates from the

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''shajaret el arneb''. The ''Arnebia'' genus was first established by Pher Forsskal in 1775, and mostly confined to Asia with a few species occurring in the drier parts of North AfricaM.A. Rather, D.P. Pandey, Sanjay Kumar , Tasir Sharief Per and Younis Rashid, 2018, PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARNEBIA BENTHAMII (WALL. EX G. DON) I.M. JOHN ST., International Journal of Innovative Research and Review,Vol.6(1).21 nline/ref>

Selected species

* '' Arnebia decumbens''

Cosson The Cosson () is a long river in central France, a right tributary of the river Beuvron. Its source is near the village of Vannes-sur-Cosson, Sologne. The Cosson flows through the following departments and communes: * Loiret: La Ferté-Saint ...

& Kralik * '' Arnebia densiflora'' Ledeb. * '' Arnebia echioides''

A.DC. Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (28 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devot ...

- Prophet's flower * '' Arnebia hispidissima''

* '' Arnebia lutea'' ( A.Rich.) Armari

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* Boraginoideae Taxa named by Peter Forsskål Boraginaceae genera Flora of Central European Russia Flora of Western Asia Flora of North Africa Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa {{Asterid-stub