Cynoglossum
Cynoglossum | |
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Cynoglossum officinale | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
Genus: | Cynoglossum L. |
Type species | |
Cynoglossum officinale L. | |
Species | |
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There are many species in the plant genus Cynoglossum (/ˌsɪnoʊˈɡlɒsəm,
Cynoglossum virginianum, known as wild comfrey, is a common plant from New York to Florida. Cynoglossum boreale occurs in the northern United States as far west as Minnesota and in Canada.
Cynoglossum amabile, known as Chinese Forget-me-not and Chinese hound's tongue, originally a wildflower from Southwest China, is now found in Europe and North America.
Cynoglossom grande is native to California.
In Iran there are 3 species of this plant from which Cynoglossum tehranicum is only found in Iran.[3]
Selected species
- Cynoglossum amabile - Chinese hound's tongue, Chinese forget-me-not
- Cynoglossum apenninum
- Cynoglossum australe - Australian hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum baeticum
- Cynoglossum boreale - northern wild comfrey
- Cynoglossum castellanum
- Cynoglossum cheirifolium
- Cynoglossum clandestinum
- Cynoglossum columnae
- Cynoglossum creticum - blue hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum dioscoridis
- Cynoglossum furcatum - Indian hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum germanicum - green hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum glochidiatum - prickly hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum grande - Pacific hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum hungaricum
- Cynoglossum magellense
- Cynoglossum microglochin - smallbristle hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum nervosum - hairy hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum occidentale - western hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum officinale - common hound's tongue, gypsyflower
- Cynoglossum reverchonii
- Cynoglossum rotatum
- Cynoglossum sphacioticum h. riedl.
- Cynoglossum suaveolens - sweet hound's-tongue[4]
- Cynoglossum tehranicum = Cynoglossum montanum = Cynoglossum nebrodense - mountain hound's tongue.[3]
- Cynoglossum troodi - Troodos hound's tongue
- Cynoglossum virginianum - wild comfrey
- Cynoglossum zeylanicum - Ceylon hound's tongue
References
- ↑ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ↑ "Pronunciation Guide for Plants". Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- 1 2 Mozaffarian, V. 1996. A dictionary of Iranian plant names: Latin, English, Persian. Tehran: Farhang-e Moʻaser.
- ↑ "Cynoglossum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
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