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Onosma
Onosma simplicissima ssp. volgensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
(unplaced)
Family:
Boraginaceae
Genus:
Onosma

Type species
Onosma echioides
Species

see text

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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Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85[3] or 88[4] to 150.[1][5][6] 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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Koyuncu, O., et al. (2013). A new Onosma (Boraginaceae) species from central Anatolia, Turkey. Plant Syst Evol
  2. ^ Hammerton, John Alexander (1920). Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia. Harmsworth Encyclopedias.
  3. ^ Onosma. Flora of Pakistan.
  4. ^ a b Aytaç, Z., and Z. Türkmen. (2011). A new Onosma L.(Boraginaceae) species from southern Anatolia, Turkey. Turk. J. Bot 35, 269-74.
  5. ^ Mehrabian, A., et al. (2012). Palynological diversity in the genus Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) of Iran. Annals of Biological Research 3(8) 3885-93.
  6. ^ a b Kandemir, A. and Z. Türkmen. (2010). A new species of Onosma (Boraginaceae) from eastern Turkey. Turk J Bot 34 277-82.
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