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    Alkanna tinctoria  TAUSCH    
 

Fam.: Boraginaceae / Borrage Fam.  

Synon.:  Alkanna tuberculata  (FORSSK.) MEIKLE

Genus:  Alkanna  TAUSCH
 

Authors:
   TAUSCH:  Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793 - 1848), Bohemian botanist
   FORSSK.:  Peter Forsskål (1732 - 1763), Swedish explorer and naturalist
   MEIKLE:  Robert Desmond Meikle (1923 - 2021), British botanist
 

Etymology:
   Alkanna:   Arabic name of the plant
   tinctoria:   dyer
   tuberculata:   warty, tubercular
 

Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 1:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 2:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 3:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Fig. 4:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Peloponnes, Gramousa 1.4.2013
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 5:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 6:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Fig. 7:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
GR Parnitha 22.5.2008
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Samos Myloi 13.4.2017
Fig. 8:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Samos, Myloi 13.4.2017
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Samos Myloi 13.4.2017
Fig. 9:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Samos, Myloi 13.4.2017
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Samos Myloi 13.4.2017
Fig. 10:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Samos, Myloi 13.4.2017
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Lesbos Agiasos 15.4.2014
Fig. 11:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Lesbos, Agiasos 15.4.2014
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Lesbos Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Fig. 12:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Lesbos, Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Lesbos Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Fig. 13:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Lesbos, Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Lesbos Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Fig. 14:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Lesbos, Skala Eresos 22.4.2014
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Samos Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Fig. 15:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Samos, Paleokastro 11.4.2017
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Kattavia 26.3.2019
Fig. 16:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Kattavia 26.3.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Kattavia 26.3.2019
Fig. 17:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Kattavia 26.3.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Profilia 5.4.2019
Fig. 18:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Profilia 5.4.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Profilia 5.4.2019
Fig. 19:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Profilia 5.4.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Profilia 5.4.2019
Fig. 20:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Profilia 5.4.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Lahania 3.4.2019
Fig. 21:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Lahania 3.4.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Lahania 3.4.2019
Fig. 22:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Lahania 3.4.2019
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Haraki 15.3.2023
Fig. 23:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Haraki 15.3.2023
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Haraki 15.3.2023
Fig. 24:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Haraki 15.3.2023
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Rhodos Haraki 15.3.2023
Fig. 25:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Rhodos, Haraki 15.3.2023
Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet, Tunisia Hammamet 16.3.1997
Fig. 26:  Alkanna tinctoria / Alkanet
Tunisia, Hammamet 16.3.1997

 


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