Alkanna
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| Alkanna | |
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| Alkanna orientalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Alkanna Tausch, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch | |
| Species[1] | |
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66; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alkanna is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Boraginaceae. It includes 66 species native to southern and east-central Europe, western Asia, and North Africa.[1]