Echium

] Echium (pronounced /ˈɛkiəm/) is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as parts of East Asia. One species, Echium plantagineum (Patterson's Curse), is a major invasive species in Australia. Many species are used as ornamental and garden plants and may be found in suitable climates throughout the world.

Echium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora onosmella and Orange Swift.

Species

Echium acanthocarpum Svent.
Echium aculeatum Poir.
Echium albicans Lag. & Rodr.
Echium amoenum Fisch. & Mey.: Gol-e-Gavzaban or Gol Gavzaban
Echium angustifolium Lam.
Echium arenarium Guss.
Echium asperrimum Lam.
Echium auberianum Webb et Berth.
Echium bethencourtii Santos
Echium boissieri Steudel
Echium bonnetii Coincy
Echium brevirame Sprague et Hutch.
Echium callithyrsum Webb ex Bolle
Echium candicans L. fil. : Pride of Madeira
Echium creticum L.
Echium decaisnei Webb
Echium flavum Desf.
Echium gaditanum Boiss.
Echium gentianoides
Echium giganteum L. fil.
Echium handiense Svent.
Echium humile Desf.
Echium italicum L. : Pale Viper's-bugloss
Echium judaeum
Echium lancerottense Lems et Holz.
Echium leucophaeum Webb ex Sprague et Hutch.
Echium lusitanicum L.
Echium marianum Boiss.
Echium nervosum Dryand. in W.T. Aiton
Echium parviflorum Moench : Small-flowered Viper's-bugloss
Echium pavonianum Boiss.
Echium pininana Webb et Berth. : Giant Viper's-bugloss
Echium plantagineum L. : Purple Viper's-bugloss, Patterson's Curse
Echium pustulatum Sibth. & Sm.
Echium rosulatum Lange : Lax Viper's-bugloss
Echium russicum J.F.Gmel.
Echium sabulicola Pomel
Echium salmanticum Lag.
Echium simplex DC.
Echium strictum L.f.
Echium sventenii Bramw.
Echium tuberculatum Hoffmanns. & Link
Echium virescens DC. : Tower of Jewels
Echium vulgare L : Viper's Bugloss
Echium webbii Coincy
Echium wildpretii Pears. ex Hook. fil.

Translation

The word "Echium" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Albanian.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Slangehoved, German: Natternköpfe, Estonian: Ussikeel (perekond), Upper Sorbian: Hrimanka, Lithuanian: Ežeinis, Hungarian: Kígyószisz, Polish: Żmijowiec (roślina), Russian: Синяк (род), Swedish: Snokörtssläktet, Ukrainian: Синяк (рослина).