Onosma

Onosma
Onosma simplicissima ssp. volgensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Onosma
L.
Type species
Onosma echioides
Species

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Onosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. They grow in dry, sunny habitats with rocky, sandy substrates.[1] Some are popular as rock garden plants.[2]

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Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85[3] or 88[4] to 150.[1][5][6] The systematics are unclear and the group is in need of study and revision.[1]

Onosma alborosea
Onosma nana
Onosma polychroma
Onosma visianii

Selected species

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Koyuncu, O., et al. (2013). A new Onosma (Boraginaceae) species from central Anatolia, Turkey. Plant Syst Evol
  2. Hammerton, John Alexander (1920). Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia. Harmsworth Encyclopedias.
  3. Onosma. Flora of Pakistan.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Aytaç, Z., and Z. Türkmen. (2011). A new Onosma L.(Boraginaceae) species from southern Anatolia, Turkey. Turk. J. Bot 35, 269-74.
  5. Mehrabian, A., et al. (2012). Palynological diversity in the genus Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) of Iran. Annals of Biological Research 3(8) 3885-93.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kandemir, A. and Z. Türkmen. (2010). A new species of Onosma (Boraginaceae) from eastern Turkey. Turk J Bot 34 277-82.