Ehretia

Ehretia
Ehretia acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Ehretioideae
Genus: Ehretia
P.Browne (1756)
Type species
Ehretia tinifolia
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bruxanelia Dennst. (1818), not validly publ.
  • Carmona Cav. (1799)
  • Cortesia Cav. (1797)
  • Desmophyla Raf. (1838)
  • Gaza Terán & Berland. (1832)
  • Lithothamnus Zipp. ex Span. (1841)
  • Traxilum Raf. (1838)

Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 66 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).[2]

  1. ^ a b "Ehretia P.Browne". Plants of the World Online (POWO). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ Bennett, Masha (2003). Pulmonarias and the Borage Family. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-589-0.