Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2000 |
Authors: | Hilger, H. H., U. R. Böhle |
Journal: | Taxon |
Volume: | 49 |
Pagination: | 737–746 |
Keywords: | {DNA}, Boraginaceae, Echiostachys, Echium, Lithospermeae, Lobostemon, Pontechium gen. nov. |
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. |