''Ehretia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the
borage family,
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single famil ...
. It contains 66 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia,
Papuasia, and Australia.
[ The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770).
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Species
Accepted species and other notable taxa[
*'' Ehretia acuminata'' – Koda (]East Asia
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, New Guinea
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, eastern Australia
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)
*'' Ehretia alba''
*'' Ehretia amoena''
*'' Ehretia anacua'' – Anacua (Texas
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in the United States
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, Mexico
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)
*'' Ehretia angolensis''
*'' Ehretia aspera'' (synonym ''Ehretia laevis'' Roxb.)
*'' Ehretia asperula''
*'' Ehretia australis''
*'' Ehretia bakeri''
*'' Ehretia changjiangensis''
*'' Ehretia coerulea''
*'' Ehretia confinis''
*'' Ehretia cortesia''
*'' Ehretia corylifolia''
*'' Ehretia crebrifolia''
*'' Ehretia cymosa''
*'' Ehretia decaryi''
*'' Ehretia densiflora''
*'' Ehretia dichotoma''
*'' Ehretia dicksonii''
*'' Ehretia dolichandra''
*'' Ehretia dunniana''
*†'' Ehretia europaea'' E.M. Reid
*'' Ehretia glandulosissima''
*'' Ehretia grahamii''
*'' Ehretia hainanensis''
*'' Ehretia janjalle''
*'' Ehretia javanica''
*'' Ehretia kaessneri''
*'' Ehretia keyensis''
*'' Ehretia latifolia''
*'' Ehretia lengshuikengensis''
*'' Ehretia longiflora''
*'' Ehretia macrophylla''
*'' Ehretia matthewii''
*'' Ehretia meyersii''
*'' Ehretia microcalyx''
*'' Ehretia microphylla''
*'' Ehretia mollis''
*'' Ehretia moluccana''
*'' Ehretia namibiensis''
*'' Ehretia obtusifolia''
*'' Ehretia papuana''
*'' Ehretia parallela''
*'' Ehretia philippinensis''
*'' Ehretia phillipsonii''
*'' Ehretia pingbianensis''
*'' Ehretia pranomiana''
*'' Ehretia psilosiphon''
*'' Ehretia resinosa''
*'' Ehretia retusa''
*'' Ehretia rigida'' – Deurmekaarbos (Southeastern Africa
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*'' Ehretia rosea''
*'' Ehretia saligna''
*'' Ehretia seyrigii''
*'' Ehretia siamensis''
*'' Ehretia silvana''
*'' Ehretia takaminei''
*'' Ehretia timorensis''
*'' Ehretia tinifolia''
*'' Ehretia trachyphylla''
*'' Ehretia tsangii''
*'' Ehretia urceolata''
*'' Ehretia wallichiana''
*'' Ehretia wightiana''
*'' Ehretia winitii''
Fossil record
†''Ehretia europaea'' fossil
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seeds of the Chattian stage, Oligocene
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, are known from the Oberleichtersbach Formation in the Rhön Mountains, central Germany
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. Endocarp fossils have been described from the Late Miocene
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locality of Pont-de-Gail in France
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and from the southern border of the Po Plain in northern Italy
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in two sites dated to the Zanclean and in three sites of supposed Zanclean age[Pliocene and Early Pleistocene carpological records of terrestrial plants from the southern border of the Po Plain (northern Italy) by Edoardo Martinetto, Giovanni Monegato, Andrea Irace and Elena Vassio - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 218(1) November 2014 by DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.10.007]
Taxonomy references
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References
External links
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Boraginaceae genera
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