Arnebia Explained

Arnebia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are about 36 species, most are located in the Mediterranean region and eastwards to the Himalayas and northern China, with one species extending into tropical Africa.

The generic name "Arnebia" originates from the Arabic name shajaret el arneb.^[1]

The Arnebia genus was first established by Pher Forsskal in 1775, and mostly confined to Asia with a few species occurring in the drier parts of North Africa^[2]

Species

36 species are accepted.

• Arnebia afghanica
• Arnebia benthamii
• Arnebia bhattacharyyae
• Arnebia cana
• Arnebia coerulea
• Arnebia decumbens
• Arnebia densiflora
• Arnebia euchroma
• Arnebia fimbriata
• Arnebia fimbriopetala
• Arnebia guttata
• Arnebia hispidissima
• Arnebia inconspicua
• Arnebia johnstonii
• Arnebia ladakhensis
• Arnebia latibracteata
• Arnebia leptosiphonoides
• Arnebia lindbergiana
• Arnebia linearifolia
• Arnebia minima
• Arnebia nandadeviensis
• Arnebia obovata
• Arnebia paucisetosa
• Arnebia purpurascens
• Arnebia rechingeri
• Arnebia sewerzowii
• Arnebia simulatrix
• Arnebia speciosa
• Arnebia stenocalyx
• Arnebia szechenyi
• Arnebia tinctoria
• Arnebia transcaspica
• Arnebia tschimganica
• Arnebia ugamensis
• Arnebia violascens
• Arnebia waziristanica

External links

• Book: Pink, A. . Gardening for the Million. . 2004 . Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

Notes and References

1. Book: Stearn, William T.. Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.. 2002. Cassell..
2. M.A. Rather, D.P. Pandey, Sanjay Kumar, Tasir Sharief Per and Younis Rashid, 2018, PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARNEBIA BENTHAMII (WALL. EX G. DON) I.M. JOHN ST., International Journal of Innovative Research and Review,Vol.6(1).21[Online]