Craniospermum Explained

Craniospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Siberia (Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Tuva), Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China. They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[3]

• Craniospermum canescens DC.
• Craniospermum desertorum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
• Craniospermum mongolicum I.M.Johnst.
• Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
• Craniospermum subfloccosum Krylov
• Craniospermum subvillosum Lehm.
• Craniospermum tuvinicum Ovczinnikova

Notes and References

1. Book: Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Aquifoliales, Boraginales, Bruniales, Dipsacales, Escalloniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Solanales (Except Convolvulaceae), Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Vahliaceae . Kadereit . Joachim W. . Bittrich . Volker . 9 April 2016 . 97 . Springer . 9783319285344.
2. 10.1051/bioconf/20191600024 . Ecological features and new location of the rare relict species Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum (Boraginaceae) . 2019 . Ovchinnikova . Svetlana . Bio Web of Conferences . 16 . 00024 . free .
3. Web site: Craniospermum Lehm. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 8 September 2020 .