Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tinctoria [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Alkanna tinctoria Tausch
Infraspecies:: 3

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. anatolica Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. subleiocarpa (Hub.-Mor.) Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tripolitana (Bornm.) Qaiser

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alchanne	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
alkanet	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
alkanetta	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
alkannawurzel	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
dyer`s-alkanet	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
oraneta	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
orcanètte	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
orkanette	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alkanna lehmannii (Tineo) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 588 (1846).
Alkanna tuberculata Greuter Exsicc. Genav. Conserv. Bot. Distrib. Fasc. 3: 38 (1972).
Alkanna arietinella Hub.-Mor. & Reese Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 52: 50 (1943).
Alkanna bracteolata Greuter Exsicc. Genav. Conserv. Bot. Distrib. Fasc. 3: 38 (1972).
Alkanna matthioli Tausch Flora 7: 234 (1824).
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) DC. Prodr. 10: 99 (1846), nom. illeg.
Alkanna tinctoria var. baetica Lacaita Cavanillesia 3: 20 (1930).
Alkanna tinctoria subsp. glandulosa Hub.-Mor. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 35: 298 (1977).
Alkanna tinctoria subsp. lehmani (Tineo) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 517 (1881).
Alkanna tinctoria var. lehmani (Tineo) Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 2: 346 (1902).
Alkanna tinctoria subsp. lehmannii (Tineo) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 517 (1881).
Alkanna tinctoria var. lehmannii (Tineo) Halácsy Consp. Fl. Graec. 2: 346 (1902).
Alkanna tinctoria var. marica Podp. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 664 (1902).
Alkanna tuberculata (Forssk.) Meikle Kew Bull. 34: 823 (1980), nom. illeg.
Anchusa bracteolata Viv. Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 10 (1824).
Anchusa rhizochroa Viv. Pl. Aegypt. Dec.: 20 (1830).
Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 192 (1762).
Anchusa tuberculata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 40 (1775).
Baphorhiza tinctoria (L.) Link Handbuch 1: 578 (1829).
Buglossum tinctorium Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 278 (1779).
Lithospermum commutatum Bianca Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, ser. 2, 1: 292 (1844).
Lithospermum lehmannii Tineo in G.Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 791 (1845).
Lithospermum obtusum Vis. in G.F.Spongia, Comment. Med. 2: 194 (1836).
Lithospermum tinctorium L. Sp. Pl.: 132 (1753).
Lycopsis cyrenaica Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 556 (1824).
Nonea violacea Aucher ex DC. Prodr. 10: 100 (1846), not validly publ.
Onochilis tinctoria (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 491 (1897).
Rhytispermum tinctorium Link Handbuch 1: 579 (1829).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alkanna lehmannii Tineo	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Alkanna tuberculata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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