Craniospermum

Craniospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Cynoglossoideae
Tribe:	Craniospermeae
Genus:	Craniospermum ; Lehm.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	DiplolomaSchrenk

Last updated June 14, 2025

Craniospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Siberia (Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Tuva), Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China.^[2] They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.^[3]^[4]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

Craniospermum canescens DC.
Craniospermum desertorum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
Craniospermum mongolicum I.M.Johnst.
Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
Craniospermum subfloccosum Krylov
Craniospermum subvillosum Lehm.
Craniospermum tuvinicum Ovczinnikova

References

↑ Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 336 (1818)
1 2 3 "Craniospermum Lehm". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
↑ Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (9 April 2016). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (Except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae. Springer. p. 97. ISBN 9783319285344.
↑ Ovchinnikova, Svetlana (2019). "Ecological features and new location of the rare relict species Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum (Boraginaceae)". Bio Web of Conferences. 16: 00024. doi: 10.1051/bioconf/20191600024 .

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[1] Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 336 (1818)

[4536-1-2] 1 2 3 "Craniospermum Lehm". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[3] Kadereit, Joachim W.; Bittrich, Volker (9 April 2016). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (Except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae. Springer. p. 97. ISBN 9783319285344.

[4] Ovchinnikova, Svetlana (2019). "Ecological features and new location of the rare relict species Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum (Boraginaceae)". Bio Web of Conferences. 16: 00024. doi: 10.1051/bioconf/20191600024 .

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