Onosma

<i>Onosma</i>

Onosma

Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae

Onosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. They grow in dry, sunny habitats with rocky, sandy substrates.[1] Some are popular as rock garden plants.[2]

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Quick Facts Onosma, Scientific classification ...

Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85[3] or 88[4] to 150.[1][5] The systematics are unclear and the group is in need of study and revision.[1]

Onosma alborosea
Onosma nana
Onosma polychroma
Onosma visianii

Selected species

  • Onosma adenopus
  • Onosma affinis
  • Onosma aksoyii[4]
  • Onosma alborosea
  • Onosma album
  • Onosma apiculatum
  • Onosma arenaria
  • Onosma atila-ocakii[1]
  • Onosma aucheranum
  • Onosma beyazoglui[5]
  • Onosma borysthenica
  • Onosma bourgaei
  • Onosma bracteatum
  • Onosma bubanii
  • Onosma bulbotrichum
  • Onosma canescens
  • Onosma cassium
  • Onosma caucasica
  • Onosma caerulescens
  • Onosma cingulatum
  • Onosma confertum
  • Onosma decastichum
  • Onosma dalmatica
  • Onosma dicedens
  • Onosma dichroantha
  • Onosma echioides
  • Onosma elegantissimum
  • Onosma epirotica[6]
  • Onosma erectum
  • Onosma exsertum
  • Onosma farreri
  • Onosma fastigiata
  • Onosma fistulosum
  • Onosma frutescens
  • Onosma fruticosum
  • Onosma gigantea
  • Onosma glomeratum
  • Onosma glmelinii
  • Onosma graeca
  • Onosma helvetica
  • Onosma hispidum
  • Onosma hookeri
  • Onosma irritans
  • Onosma isauricum
  • Onosma javorkae
  • Onosma kaheirei
  • Onosma lijiangense
  • Onosma liui
  • Onosma luquanense
  • Onosma maaikangense
  • Onosma macrochaeta
  • Onosma mertensioides
  • Onosma molle
  • Onosma multiramaosum
  • Onosma nangqenense
  • Onosma nanum
  • Onosma orientalis
  • Onosma paniculatum
  • Onosma polioxanthum
  • Onosma polychroma
  • Onosma pseudoarenaria
  • Onosma rascheyana
  • Onosma rigida
  • Onosma setosa
  • Onosma simplicissimum
  • Onosma sinicum
  • Onosma stelluata
  • Onosma straussii
  • Onosma stridii
  • Onosma taurica
  • Onosma tenuiflora
  • Onosma tornensis
  • Onosma tricerosperma
  • Onosma troodi
  • Onosma visianii
  • Onosma waddellii
  • Onosma waltonii
  • Onosma wardii
  • Onosma yajiangense
  • Onosma zayueense

Notes

  1. [1]
    Koyuncu, O., et al. (2013). A new Onosma (Boraginaceae) species from central Anatolia, Turkey. Plant Syst Evol
  2. [2]
    Hammerton, John Alexander (1920). Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia. Harmsworth Encyclopedias.
  3. [3]
    Onosma. Flora of Pakistan.
  4. [4]
    Aytaç, Z., and Z. Türkmen. (2011). A new Onosma L.(Boraginaceae) species from southern Anatolia, Turkey. Turk. J. Bot 35, 269-74.
  5. [5]
    Kandemir, A. and Z. Türkmen. (2010). A new species of Onosma (Boraginaceae) from eastern Turkey. Turk J Bot 34 277-82.
  6. [6]
    Onosma Epirotica Teppner Plants of the World Online


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