Memoremea
Genus of plants
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Memoremea scorpioides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Memoremea. Its native range is eastern-central and eastern Europe.[2]
| Memoremea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Memoremea A.Otero, Jim.Mejías, Valcárcel & P.Vargas (2014) |
| Species: | M. scorpioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Memoremea scorpioides (Haenke) A.Otero, Jim.Mejías, Valcárcel & P.Vargas (2014) | |
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The species was first named Cynoglossum scorpioides by Thaddäus Haenke in 1789. It was later renamed Omphalodes scorpioides.[1] A 2014 phylogenetic study concluded that the species formed a distinct lineage from the other species in Omphalodes, and it was placed in the new genus Memoremea.[3]