Craniospermum

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.^[2] They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.^[3][4]

Craniospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Cynoglossoideae
Tribe:	Craniospermeae
Genus:	Craniospermum Lehm.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Diploloma Schrenk

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• 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