@article {hilger_pontechium:_2000, title = {Pontechium: a new genus distinct from Echium and Lobostemon (Boraginaceae)}, journal = {Taxon}, volume = {49}, number = {4}, year = {2000}, pages = {737{\textendash}746}, abstract = {

Plastid (trnL(UAA) intron, trnL(UAA)-trnF(GAA) spacer) and nuclear (ITS1) DNA sequence analyses do not only confirm the separate position of \„Echium maculatum L.\" which this species holds within the genus Echium due to the presence of a bicapitate rather than a bifid stigma, but necessitate the exclusion of the taxon from the genus Echium (Boraginaceae) and the description of a new genus, Pontechium.

}, keywords = {{DNA}, Boraginaceae, Echiostachys, Echium, Lithospermeae, Lobostemon, Pontechium gen. nov.}, author = {Hilger, HH and B{\"o}hle, UR} }