Lithospermum

Lithospermum
Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus: Lithospermum
L. (1753)
Type species
Lithospermum officinale
Species[1]

84; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Batschia J.F.Gmel. (1791)
  • Cyphorima Raf. (1819)
  • Lasiarrhenum I.M.Johnst. (1924)
  • Macromeria D.Don (1832)
  • Nomosa I.M.Johnst. (1954)
  • Onosmodium Michx. (1803)
  • Osmodium Raf. (1808)
  • Pentalophus DC. (1846)
  • Perittostema I.M.Johnst. (1954)
  • Psilolaemus I.M.Johnst. (1954)
  • Purshia Spreng. (1817), nom. illeg.

Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide, but most are native to the Americas and the center of diversity is in the southwestern United States and Mexico.[2] Species are known generally as gromwells or stoneseeds.

  1. ^ a b "Lithospermum L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ Cohen, James I.; Davis, Jerrold I. (2009). "Nomenclatural changes in Lithospermum (Boraginaceae) and related taxa following a reassessment of phylogenetic relationships". Brittonia. 61 (2): 101–111. Bibcode:2009Britt..61..101C. doi:10.1007/s12228-009-9082-z. S2CID 31935880.