Echiochilon

Echiochilon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.^[1]

Echiochilon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Echiochilon Desf. (1798)
Synonyms[1]
Chilochium Raf. (1821) Echiochilopsis Caball. (1935) Leurocline S.Moore (1901) Sericostoma Stocks (1848) Tetraedrocarpus O.Schwartz (1939)

Its native range is Northern Africa to Kenya and Southern Pakistan.^[1]

Species

16 species are accepted.^[1]

• Echiochilon arabicum (O.Schwartz) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon arenarium (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon baricum Lönn
• Echiochilon callianthum Lönn
• Echiochilon chazaliei (H.Boissieu) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon collenettei I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon cyananthum Lönn
• Echiochilon fruticosum Desf.
• Echiochilon jugatum I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen.) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon lithospermoides (S.Moore) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon longiflorum Benth.
• Echiochilon pauciflorum (Stocks ex Wight) Långström & M.W.Chase
• Echiochilon persicum (Burm.f.) I.M.Johnst.
• Echiochilon pulvinatum A.G.Mill. & L.Urb.
• Echiochilon simonneaui Faurel & Dubuis