Echium leucophaeum

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Echium leucophaeum
Echium leucophaeum at San Andrés, Tenerife Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species:
E. leucophaeum
Binomial name
Echium leucophaeum
Webb ex Sprague & Hutch.
Synonyms
  • Echium aculeatum var. leucophaeum (Webb) Christ
  • Echium giganteum var. leucophaeum (Webb) Bornm.

Echium leucophaeum is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is restricted to the island of Tenerife.[1] Its name in Spanish is taginaste de Anaga.[2] The specific name leucophaeum is from Greek and means "greyish white".[3]

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