''Mattiastrum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
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 ...
.
Its native range is
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine and Turkey.
The genus name of ''Mattiastrum'' is in honour of
Elisabeth von Matt (1762–1814), an Austrian astronomer who is regarded as the only female scientist to have her observations published in European astronomy journals during the late 18th and early 19th century.
It was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.14 on page 150 in 1915.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Mattiastrum amani''
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Mattiastrum artvinense''
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Mattiastrum asperum''
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Mattiastrum aucheri''
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Mattiastrum badghysii''
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Mattiastrum calycinum''
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Mattiastrum cappadocicum''
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Mattiastrum corymbiforme''
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Mattiastrum cristatum''
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Mattiastrum dielsii''
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Mattiastrum dieterlei''
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Mattiastrum erysimifolium''
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Mattiastrum flaviflorum''
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Mattiastrum formosum''
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Mattiastrum incanum''
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Mattiastrum karakoricum''
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Mattiastrum karataviense''
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Mattiastrum kurdistanicum''
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Mattiastrum lamprocarpum''
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Mattiastrum laxiflorum''
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Mattiastrum leptophyllum''
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Mattiastrum lithospermifolium''
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Mattiastrum longipes''
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Mattiastrum luristanicum''
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Mattiastrum modestum''
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Mattiastrum montbretii''
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Mattiastrum multicaule''
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Mattiastrum paphlagonicum''
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Mattiastrum polycarpum''
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Mattiastrum racemosum''
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Mattiastrum reuteri''
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Mattiastrum sessiliflorum''
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Mattiastrum shepardii''
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Mattiastrum stenolophum''
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Mattiastrum subscaposum''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9030618
Boraginoideae
Boraginaceae genera
Plants described in 1915
Flora of Crete
Flora of Kazakhstan
Flora of the Transcaucasus
Flora of Western Asia