Suchtelenia

Suchtelenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Suchtelenia Kar. ex Meisn. (1839)
Species[1]
Six; see text
Synonyms[1]
Heterocaryum A.DC. (1846) Pseudoheterocaryum Kaz.Osaloo & Saadati (2017)

Suchtelenia is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It contains six species native to western Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and southern European Russia.[1]

The genus name of Suchtelenia is in honour of Paul van Suchtelen (1788–1833), a Dutch-born Russian military officer.[2] The genus was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.1 on page 188 in 1839.[1]

Species

Six species are accepted.[1]

• Suchtelenia calycina (C.A.Mey.) DC. – Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
• Suchtelenia echinophora (Pall.) Sennikov – southern European Russia and Kazakhstan
• Suchtelenia laevigata (Kar. & Kir.) Sennikov – Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan
• Suchtelenia macrocarpa (Zakirov) Sennikov – Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and the Caucasus
• Suchtelenia subsessilis (Vatke) Sennikov – Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and southern Israel
• Suchtelenia szovitsiana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sennikov – Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Western Himalaya, Western Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula

References

1. "Suchtelenia Kar. ex Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
2. 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.