Echium
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Echium vulgare
See also: echium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, directly or via Latin echion, from Ancient Greek ἔχιον (ékhion, “Echium plantagineum”)
Proper noun
Echium n
- 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
