''Suchtelenia calycina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an annual native to Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The genus name of ''Suchtelenia'' is in honour of

Paul van Suchtelen Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...

(1788–1833), a Dutch-born Russian military officer. The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''calycina'' is derived from the Greek ''calycinus'', meaning "like a

calyx Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to: Biology * Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...

" or "with a prominent calyx". It was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.1 on page 188 in 1839. The species was published in Prodr. Vol.10 on page 163 in 1846.

Varieties

Two varieties are accepted. *''Suchtelenia calycina'' var. ''acanthocarpa'' – Turkmenistan *''Suchtelenia calycina'' var. ''calycina'' – Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It has 3 known synonyms; ''Suchtelenia cerinthifolia'' , ''Suchtelenia eriophora'' and ''Suchtelenia uniserialis'' .

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17414997 Boraginoideae Flora of Iran Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Turkmenistan Flora of Uzbekistan Plants described in 1831 Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer