Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Boraginales > Family Boraginaceae > Genus Cerinthe

Cerinthe major L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerinthe*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cerinthe aspera*	Roth	heterotypic synonym
*Cerinthe major subsp. purpurascens*	(Boiss.) Selvi & Cecchi	heterotypic synonym
*Cerinthe major var. purpurascens*	Boiss.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Galician: cerinta; cerinte; chupamel sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: cerintha; chuchamel; chucha-mel; flor-mel sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: ceriflor; ceriflor mayor; escarapela; escarapelada; escarapelada española; nebulosa; palomera

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. (2011): Boraginaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Cerinthe major L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=F5F2CF34-DE5C-47C2-911D-83CA1C3373CA