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Taxon: Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst.

Genus: Buglossoides
Family: Boraginaceae subfamily: Boraginoideae.
Nomen number: 105293
Place of publication: J. Arnold Arbor. 35:42. 1952
Name verified on: 05-Feb-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Apr-2000
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
WA(only in small grain)°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • aljofareira   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 as Lithospermum arvense)
  • corn gromwell   (Source: Websters Dict as Lithospermum arvense)
  • field gromwell   (Source: Websters Dict as Lithospermum arvense)
  • pigeonweed   (Source: Websters Dict as Lithospermum arvense)

Economic importance:

  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide F Turk)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Georgia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    China: China
    Eastern Asia: Japan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]
Other:
  • widely naturalized

References:

  • Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya)
  • Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. (Pulmonaria) 90.
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Johnston, I. M. 1954. J. Arnold Arbor. 35:42–43.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Retief, E. & A. E. Van Wyk. 2002. The genus Buglossoides (Boraginaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 32:9–13.
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed) [= Lithospermum].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= Lithospermum arvense L.].
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= Lithospermum arvense].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?105293 (21 November 2009)

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