Melanortocarya

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Melanortocarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Melanortocarya
Selvi, Bigazzi, Hilger & Papini (2006)
Species:
M. obtusifolia
Binomial name
Melanortocarya obtusifolia
(Willd.) Selvi, Bigazzi, Hilger & Papini (2006)
Synonyms [1]
  • Anchusa leiospermaBory (1833)
  • Anchusa obtusifolia(Willd.) Caruel (1886)
  • Anchusa rechingeriRiedl (1963)
  • Echioides obtusifolia(Willd.) Poir. (1819)
  • Lycopsis obtusifoliaWilld. (1798)
  • Nonea lamprocarpaGriseb. (1844)
  • Nonea obtusifolia(Willd.) DC. (1805)

Melanortocarya obtusifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Melanortocarya. It is an annual plant native to southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, ranging from Greece and Bulgaria through Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon to Israel. [1]

The species was first described as Lycopsis obtusifolia by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1798. In 2006 it was moved to its own genus as Melanortocarya obtusifolia. [1]

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