''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors

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botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).

Species

Accepted species and other notable taxa *'' Ehretia acuminata'' – Koda ( East Asia, New Guinea, eastern

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Ehretia alba ''Ehretia alba'' is a semi-deciduous shrub or small tree up to 4m high, growing in Namibia, Botswana and the western, drier regions of South Africa, and was first collected by Hermann Merxmüller at Breitenberg in the Gobabis district of Namibia ...

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Ehretia amoena ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable t ...

'' *'' Ehretia anacua'' – Anacua ( Texas in the United States, Mexico) *''

Ehretia angolensis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable t ...

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Ehretia aspera ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable t ...

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Ehretia asperula ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable t ...

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Ehretia australis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable t ...

'' *'' Ehretia bakeri'' *'' Ehretia changjiangensis'' *'' Ehretia coerulea'' *''

Ehretia confinis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

'' *'' Ehretia cortesia'' *'' Ehretia corylifolia'' *''

Ehretia cymosa ''Ehretia cymosa'' is a small tree belonging to the Boraginaceae or borage family. It occurs over a wide range of habitat throughout of western, central and eastern Africa, including Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Comoros, Ma ...

'' *'' Ehretia decaryi'' *''

Ehretia densiflora ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia dichotoma'' *''

Ehretia dicksonii ''Ehretia dicksonii'' is a tree that is native to Asia and cultivated as an ornamental plant. It grows to 15 metres and has leaves that are 8–25 cm long and 4–15 cm wide. These are obovate, ovate or elliptic in shape and rough to t ...

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Ehretia dolichandra ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia dunniana ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia europaea ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' E.M. Reid *''

Ehretia exsoluta ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia glandulosissima'' *''

Ehretia grahamii ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia hainanensis'' *''

Ehretia janjalle ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia javanica'' *'' Ehretia kaessneri'' *''

Ehretia keyensis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia laevis ''Ehretia laevis'' is a small tree belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is native tree of Asia, and found in China, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialis ...

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Ehretia latifolia ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia lengshuikengensis'' *'' Ehretia longiflora'' *'' Ehretia macrophylla'' *''

Ehretia matthewii ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia meyersii ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia microcalyx ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia microphylla'' *''

Ehretia mollis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors Germany, German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other ...

'' *'' Ehretia moluccana'' *''

Ehretia namibiensis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia obtusifolia'' *''

Ehretia papuana ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia parallela ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia philippinensis'' *''

Ehretia phillipsonii ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

'' *'' Ehretia pingbianensis'' *''

Ehretia psilosiphon ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia resinosa ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia retusa ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

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Ehretia rigida ''Ehretia rigida'' (puzzle bush, also ''deurmekaarbos'' in Afrikaans = "confused/tangled bush"), is a small, multi-stemmed tree with a tangled growth habit belonging to the Boraginaceae, the borage family. It occurs over a wide range of habitat t ...

'' – Deurmekaarbos (Southeastern Africa) *''

Ehretia rosea ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia saligna ''Ehretia saligna'', commonly known as peach bush, native willow and peachwood is a species of shrubs or small trees, endemic to Northern Australia. The natural range extends from the Gascoyne, across the Northern Territory throughout northern Qu ...

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Ehretia scrobiculata ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia seyrigii ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia siamensis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia silvana'' *''

Ehretia timorensis ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia tinifolia ''Ehretia tinifolia'' is a woody, perennial tree, usually 0.5 to 3 m in height, branched from the base, from reddish-brown to red-purple bark, exfoliating (the outer bark opens and peels off like a sheet of paper); The leaves are coriaceous, elli ...

'' *'' Ehretia trachyphylla'' *'' Ehretia tsangii'' *''

Ehretia urceolata ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia wallichiana ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notab ...

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Ehretia wightiana ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other notable ...

'' *'' Ehretia winitii''

Fossil record

†''Ehretia europaea'' fossil seeds of the

Chattian The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...

stage,

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

, are known from the

Oberleichtersbach Oberleichtersbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany. Divisions of the municipality The municipality includes the following towns: *Oberleichtersbach *Unterleichtersbach *Modlos *Breitenbach *Mitgenfeld Hist ...

Formation in the

Rhön Mountains The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or ''Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end o ...

, central Germany. Endocarp fossils have been described from the Late Miocene locality of Pont-de-Gail in France and from the southern border of the Po Plain in northern Italy in two sites dated to the Zanclean and in three sites of supposed Zanclean agePliocene and Early Pleistocene carpological records of terrestrial plants from the southern border of the Po Plain (northern Italy) by Edoardo Martinetto, Giovanni Monegato, Andrea Irace and Elena Vassio - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 218(1) November 2014 by DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.10.007

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Carmona retusa ''Ehretia microphylla'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Carmona retusa'', also known as the Fukien tea tree or Philippine tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Description ''Ehretia microphylla'' is a shrub ...

'' (Vahl) Masam. (as ''E. microphylla'' Lam.)

Taxonomy references

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References

External links

* * Boraginaceae genera {{Asterid-stub