Taxon: Echium candicans L. f.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• pride-of-Madeira   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Stolz von Madeira   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Lagascalia 2:88. 1972; Pulmonaria 103.)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: Spain

• also cultivated

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. 103.
• Bramwell, D. 1972. A revision of the genus Echium in Macaronesia. Lagascalia 2:88.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Johnston, I. M. 1953. Studies in the Boraginaceae, XXV. A revaluation of some genera of the Lithospermeae. J. Arnold Arbor. 34:283.
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Lems, K. 1960. Floristic botany of the Canary islands.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [mentions].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Echium candicans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Echium candicans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Echium candicans.

Synonyms:

• (=) Echium fastuosum J. Jacq.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Echium candicans L. f.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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.

Images:

• Fruit with calyx: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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