''Alkanna'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

herbaceous plant Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent wood, woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennial plant, perennials, and nearly all Annual plant, annuals and Biennial plant, biennials. Definition ...

s including about 60

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 or ...

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