Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 132. 1753.

• Homotypic
  • Rhytispermum purpurocaeruleum (L.) Link, Handbuch 1: 579. 1829 ('purpuro-coeruleum').
  • Margarospermum purpurocaeruleum (L.) Opiz in B.V.von Berchtold & P.M.Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 2(2): 74. 1839 ('purpureo-coeruleum').
  • Buglossoides purpurocaerulea (L.) I.M.Johnst., J. Arnold Arbor. 35: 44. 1954 ('purpureo-caeruleum').

• Heterotypic
  • Lithospermum caeruleum Gueldenst., Reis. Russland 2: 25. 1791.
  • Lithospermum longiflorum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 113. 1796.
  • Aegonychon repens Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 354 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Lithospermum lucanum N.Terracc., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 14: 184. 1907.
  • Lithospermum pumilum Lehm., Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 319. 1818.
  • Lithospermum purpurascens Gueldenst., Reis. Russland 1: 189. 1787.
  • Lithospermum purpureum Gueldenst., Reis. Russland 1: 421. 1787.
  • Lithospermum violaceum Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 271. 1779.

Primary references

• Holub, J. 1973. New names in Phanerogamae 2. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 8(2): 155–179. DOI: 10.1007/bf02854562 Reference page. 

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus I: 132.

Additional references

• Cecchi, L., Coppi, A., Hilger, H.H. & Selvi, F. 2014. Non-monophyly of Buglossoides (Boraginaceae: Lithospermeae): Phylogenetic and morphological evidence for the expansion of Glandora and reappraisal of Aegonychon. Taxon 63(5): 1065–1078. DOI: 10.12705/635.4 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 26.

• Hassler, M. 2019. Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 26.

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum. Published online. Accessed 26 October 2019.