Echium

See also: echium

Translingual

Echium vulgare

Etymology

New Latin, directly or via Latin echion, from Ancient Greek ἔχιον (ékhion, “Echium plantagineum”)

Proper noun

Echium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – buglosses and related species.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae – family; Boraginoideae - subfamily; Lithospermeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss, blueweed) - type species. For other species see Echium on WikipediaWikipedia or Echium at The Plant List.

References

• Echium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Echium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Echium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Echium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Echium at USDA Plants database
• Echium at The Plant List