Alkanna

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Alkanna
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Alkanna orientalis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus: Alkanna
Tausch, 1824
Type species
Alkanna tinctoria
(L.) Tausch
Alkanna oreodoxa Alkanna oreodoxa.jpg
Alkanna oreodoxa
Alkanna tinctoria with bright blue flowers Alkanna tinctoria.jpg
Alkanna tinctoria with bright blue flowers
Alkanna aucheriana IMG 0491-Alkanna aucheriana.jpg
Alkanna aucheriana

Alkanna is a genus of herbaceous plants including about 60 species of the family Boraginaceae.

Selected species

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. [1]

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  1. Micromeria acropolitanaHalácsy - Greece
  2. Micromeria albanica(K.Malý) Šilic - Albania, Yugoslavia
  3. Micromeria × angosturaeP.Pérez Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. tenuis subsp. linkii × M. varia subsp. canariensis)
  4. Micromeria arganietorum(Emb.) R.Morales - Morocco
  5. Micromeria benthamiiWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  6. Micromeria × benthamineolensSvent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. pineolens)
  7. Micromeria biflora(Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth. - Himalayas from Afghanistan to Myanmar
  8. Micromeria × bourlieriMaire & Le Lièvre - Algeria, Morocco (M. graeca × M. inodora)
  9. Micromeria brivesiiBatt. - Morocco
  10. Micromeria × broussonetiiA.Santos, A.Acev.-Rodr. & Reyes-Bet. - Canary Islands (M. densiflora × M. varia)
  11. Micromeria browicziiZiel. & Kit Tan - Greece
  12. Micromeria chionistraeMeikle - Cyprus
  13. Micromeria conferta(Coss. & Daveau) Stefani - Libya
  14. Micromeria × confusaG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. lanata)
  15. Micromeria cremnophilaBoiss. & Heldr. - Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
  16. Micromeria cristata(Hampe) Griseb. - Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Iran, Cyprus
  17. Micromeria croatica(Pers.) Schott - Albania, Yugoslavia
  18. Micromeria cymuligeraBoiss. & Hausskn. - Turkey
  19. Micromeria danaensisDanin - Jordan
  20. Micromeria debilisPomel - Algeria, Morocco
  21. Micromeria densifloraBenth. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  22. Micromeria douglasii(Benth.) Benth. – Yerba buena - Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana
  23. Micromeria ellipticaK.Koch - Turkey
  24. Micromeria filiformis(Aiton) Benth. - Corsica, Sardinia, Balearic Islands
  25. Micromeria flacca(Nábelek) Hedge - Turkey, Iraq
  26. Micromeria flagellarisBaker - Madagascar
  27. Micromeria fontanesiiPomel - Algeria, Morocco
  28. Micromeria forbesiiBenth. - Cape Verde Islands
  29. Micromeria fruticosa(L.) Druce - Eastern Mediterranean
  30. Micromeria glomerataP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  31. Micromeria graeca(L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey
  32. Micromeria guichardii(Quézel & Zaffran) Brullo & Furnari - Libya
  33. Micromeria hedgeiRech.f. - Iran
  34. Micromeria helianthemifoliaWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  35. Micromeria herpyllomorphaWebb & Berthel. - La Palma in the Canary Islands
  36. Micromeria hispidaBoiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. - Crete
  37. Micromeria hochreutineri(Briq.) Maire - Algeria, Morocco
  38. Micromeria × hybridaZagan - Greece including Crete (M. graeca × M. nervosa)
  39. Micromeria hyssopifoliaWebb & Berthel. - Tenerife + El Hierro in the Canary Islands
  40. Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.)C.Chr. - Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia to Transvaal, Arabian Peninsula
  41. Micromeria inodora(Desf.) Benth. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain including Balearic Islands
  42. Micromeria × intermediaG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. helianthemifolia)
  43. Micromeria juliana(L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean
  44. Micromeria kerneriMurb. - Yugoslavia
  45. Micromeria lachnophyllaWebb & Berthel. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  46. Micromeria lanata(C.Sm. ex Link) Benth. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  47. Micromeria lasiophyllaWebb & Berthel. - Canary Islands
  48. Micromeria lepidaWebb & Berthel. La Gomera in the Canary Islands
  49. Micromeria leucanthaSvent. ex P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  50. Micromeria longipedunculataBräuchler - Yugoslavia, Albania
  51. Micromeria macrosiphonCoss. - Morocco
  52. Micromeria madagascariensisBaker - Madagascar
  53. Micromeria marginata(Sm.) Chater - Alpes Maritimes in France, Liguria + Sardinia in Italy
  54. Micromeria × meteoricaHausskn. - Greece (M. cremnophila × M. juliana)
  55. Micromeria microphylla(d'Urv.) Benth. - Balearic Islands, Sicily, Malta, southern mainland Italy, Crete, Cyprus, Libya
  56. Micromeria monantha(Font Quer) R.Morales - Morocco
  57. Micromeria myrtifoliaBoiss. & Hohen. - from Greece to Iran
  58. Micromeria nervosa(Desf.) Benth. - Mediterranean from Algeria + Balearic Islands to Turkey
  59. Micromeria × nogalesiiG.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  60. Micromeria peltieri(Maire) R.Morales - Morocco
  61. Micromeria × perez-paziiG.Kunkel - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. tenuis)
  62. Micromeria persicaBoiss. - Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  63. Micromeria pineolensSvent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  64. Micromeria × preauxiiWebb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. varia subsp. canariensis)
  65. Micromeria pseudocroaticaŠilic - Yugoslavia
  66. Micromeria rivas-martineziiWildpret - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  67. Micromeria serbalianaDanin & Hedge - Sinai
  68. Micromeria sinaicaBenth. - Sinai, Israel
  69. Micromeria sphacioticaBoiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.- Crete
  70. Micromeria sphaerophyllaBaker - Madagascar
  71. Micromeria suborbicularis(Alain) Borhidi - Cuba
  72. Micromeria × tagananensisP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands (M. glomerata × M. varia)
  73. Micromeria teneriffae(Poir.) Benth. ex G.Don - Tenerife in the Canary Islands
  74. Micromeria tenuis(Link) Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
  75. Micromeria unguentariaSchweinf. - Ethiopia
  76. Micromeria variaBenth. - Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands
  77. Micromeria weilleri(Maire) R.Morales - Morocco
  78. Micromeria × wildpretiiP.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands (M. rivas-martinezii × M. varia)
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References

  1. "Name - !Alkanna Tausch subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved June 24, 2011.