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Alkanets
Anchusa
The genus Anchusa belongs to the tribe Boragineae of the borage family (Boraginaceae). It includes about 40 species.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Anchusa
subgenusAnchusa

small bugloss
speciesAnchusa arvensis

Buglossum
subgenusBuglossum

Cretan Alkanet
speciesAnchusa cretica

Buglossellum
subgenusBuglossellum

Anchusa calcarea
speciesAnchusa calcarea

Anchusa ovata
speciesAnchusa ovata

Cape Alkanet
speciesAnchusa capensis

Anchusa variegata
speciesAnchusa variegata

Anchusa gmelinii
speciesAnchusa gmelinii
Buglossoides
subgenusBuglossoides

Anchusa crispa
speciesAnchusa crispa

Anchusa thessala
speciesAnchusa thessala

Anchusa pusilla
speciesAnchusa pusilla

Anchusa atlantica
speciesAnchusa atlantica

Anchusa puechii
speciesAnchusa puechii

Anchusa formosa
speciesAnchusa formosa

Anchusa affinis
speciesAnchusa affinis

Anchusa montelinasana
speciesAnchusa montelinasana

Anchusa pseudoochroleuca
speciesAnchusa pseudoochroleuca

Anchusa iranica
speciesAnchusa iranica
Anchusa dinsmorei
speciesAnchusa dinsmorei
Anchusa tiberiadis
speciesAnchusa tiberiadis
Anchusa riparia
speciesAnchusa riparia
Anchusa konyaensis
speciesAnchusa konyaensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.122

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.547

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.60

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.37

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.59

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.119

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.660

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.659

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.604

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.604

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.605

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1165
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Anchusa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61789.