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Craniospermum

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Craniospermum

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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. They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.

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It is catalogued under topics including Boraginaceae, Boraginaceae genera and Taxa named by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBoraginales
  5. FamilyBoraginaceae
Native toAltay, Buryatiya, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tuva, Xinjiang

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Family
Boraginaceae
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VT
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France

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Boraginaceae
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Craniospermum subvillosum 83900089.jpg
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taxon name
Craniospermum
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Craniospermum
taxon common name
颅果草属
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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. They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.

==Species== Currently accepted species include: 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

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