Suchtelenia
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Suchtelenia Kar. ex Meisn. (1839) |
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Six; see text | |
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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