Lithodora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Lithospermeae
Genus: Lithodora
Species: L. fruticosa – L. hancockiana – L. hispidula – L. zahnii

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lithodora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 06. Reference page.

Name

Lithodora Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 85. 1844.
References
Primary references

Grisebach, A.H.R. 1844–1846. Spicilegium Florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae Exhibens Synopsin Plantarum. Volumen secundum. Vieweg, Braunschweig. 548 pp. MDZ Reference page. : 2: 85.

Additional references

Thomas, D.C., Weigend, M. & Hilger, H.H. 2008. Phylogeny and systematics of Lithodora (Boraginaceae - Lithospermeae) and its affinities to the monotypic genera Mairetis, Halacsya and Paramoltkia based on ITS1 and trnLUAA-sequence data and morphology. Taxon 57(1): 79–97. DOI: 10.2307/25065950, JSTOR, ResearchGate Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Lithodora in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan 23.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lithodora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lithodora. Published online. Accessed: Oct 06 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lithodora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Oct 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names
polski: Litodora

Lithodora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers.[1] The Greek lithodora literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats.[2] The genus Glandora was split from Lithodora in 2008.[3]

Lithodora species are often cultivated as ornamental plants which are especially suited to rock gardens or raised beds.[1]
Species

Currently accepted species include:

Lithodora fruticosa (L.) Griseb.
Lithodora hancockiana (Oliv.) Hand.-Mazz.
Lithodora hispidula (Sm.) Griseb.
Lithodora zahnii (Heldr. ex Halácsy) I.M.Johnst.

References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.
Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names. USA: Timber Press. pp. 312. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
Ferrero, V.; Arroyo, J.; Castro, S.; Navarro, L. (2012). "Unusual heterostyly: Style dimorphism and self-incompatibility are not tightly associated in Lithodora and Glandora (Boraginaceae)". Annals of Botany. 109 (3): 655–665. doi:10.1093/aob/mcr222. PMC 3278292. PMID 21985797.