Rochelia

Rochelia
Rochelia disperma, Mardin, Turkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Rochelia
Rchb.
Synonyms
  • Cervia Rodr. ex Lag.
  • Raclathris Raf.

Rochelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1] It is also in subtribe Eritrichiinae.[2]

Its wide native range extends from Europe (within Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corsica, Crimean Peninsula, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russis, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia) to Asia (in Altai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tajikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan and Western Himalaya), Tibet and Xinjiang, (in China), north-western Africa (in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) and Western Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Pakistan and Palestine).[1]


The genus name of Rochelia is in honour of Anton Rochel (1770–1847), an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians (Mountains).[3] It was first described and published in Flora Vol.7 on page 243 in 1824.[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service and was last updated on 31 July 2018, but they only list 2 species; Rochelia disperma (L. f.) K. Koch and Rochelia stylaris Boiss.[4]

It was found by DNA analysis, that Rochelia is not monophyletic but paraphyletic (has more than one common ancestor).[5]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rochelia Rchb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ Chacón, Juliana; Luebert, Federico; Weigend, Maximilian (6 April 2017). "Biogeographic Events Are Not Correlated with Diaspore Dispersal Modes in Boraginaceae". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5: 26. doi:10.3389/fevo.2017.00026.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Species of Rochelia Rchb". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ Khoshsokhan, M.; Kazempour Osaloo, S.; Saadatmand, S.; Attar, F. (30 June 2010). "Molecular phylogeny of Rochelia (Boraginaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F sequences". Iran. J. Bot. 16 (1): 22–29.