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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss.

 

Boraginaceae 18 10 Observations

Alkanna tinctoria Tausch

Dyer's-alkanet

Boraginaceae 14 10 Observations

Anchusa aggregata Lehm.

 

Boraginaceae 13 7 Observations

Anchusa atlantica Ball

 

Boraginaceae 7 1 Observation

Anchusa azurea Mill.

Garden Anchusa

Boraginaceae 235 192 Observations

Anchusa calcarea Boiss.

 

Boraginaceae 99 41 Observations

Anchusa hispida Forssk.

 

Boraginaceae 19 5 Observations

Anchusa hybrida Ten.

Hybrid Bugloss

Boraginaceae 1 1 Observation

Anchusa italica Retz.

Garden Anchusa

Boraginaceae 2,348 1,632 Observations

Anchusa ovata Lehm.

 

Boraginaceae 29 3 Observations

Anchusa undulata L.

Undulate alkanet

Boraginaceae 566 358 Observations

Arnebia decumbens (Vent.) Coss. & Kralik

 

Boraginaceae 32 9 Observations

Asperugo procumbens L.

German-madwort

Boraginaceae 316 209 Observations

Borago officinalis L.

Borage

Boraginaceae 15,606 13,373 Observations

Cerinthe major L.

Greater Honeywort

Boraginaceae 1,652 1,250 Observations

Cerinthe minor L.

Lesser Honeywort

Boraginaceae 339 207 Observations

Coldenia procumbens L.

 

Boraginaceae 23 16 Observations

Cordia sinensis Lam.

Grey-leaved saucer-berry

Boraginaceae 13 7 Observations

Cynoglossum cheirifolium L.

 

Boraginaceae 833 493 Observations

Cynoglossum clandestinum Desf.

 

Boraginaceae 30 10 Observations

Cynoglossum creticum Mill.

Blue Hound's-tongue

Boraginaceae 2,929 2,077 Observations

Cynoglossum dioscoridis Vill.

 

Boraginaceae 96 45 Observations

Cynoglossum mathezii Greuter & Burdet

 

Boraginaceae 1 1 Observation

Cynoglossum tubiflorum (Murb.) Greuter & Burdet

 

Boraginaceae 6 1 Observation

Echiochilon fruticosum Desf.

 

Boraginaceae 15 9 Observations

Echium acanthocarpum Svent.

Blue bugloss

Boraginaceae 41 26 Observations

Echium aculeatum Poir.

Ajinajo

Boraginaceae 71 33 Observations

Echium angustifolium Mill.

עַכְנַאי שָׂרוּעַ

Boraginaceae 213 131 Observations

Echium arenarium Guss.

Coastal Viper's-bugloss

Boraginaceae 175 96 Observations

Echium asperrimum Lam.

 

Boraginaceae 880 611 Observations

Echium boissieri Steud.

 

Boraginaceae 27 14 Observations

Echium bonnetii Coincy

 

Boraginaceae 19 6 Observations

Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch.

 

Boraginaceae 54 20 Observations

Echium callithyrsum Bolle

 

Boraginaceae 10 7 Observations

Echium creticum L.

Cretan Vipersbugloss

Boraginaceae 690 464 Observations

Echium decaisnei Webb & Berthel.

 

Boraginaceae 141 88 Observations

Echium flavum Desf.

 

Boraginaceae 8 1 Observation

Echium gaditanum Boiss.

 

Boraginaceae 7 3 Observations

Echium gentianoides Coincy

 

Boraginaceae 18 8 Observations

Echium giganteum L. f.

 

Boraginaceae 1 1 Observation

Echium handiense Svent.

 

Boraginaceae 3 1 Observation

Echium hierrense Webb ex Bolle

 

Boraginaceae 30 15 Observations

Echium horridum Batt.

 

Boraginaceae 20 8 Observations

Echium humile Desf.

 

Boraginaceae 60 28 Observations

Echium italicum L.

Italian Vipersbugloss

Boraginaceae 1,374 970 Observations

Echium nervosum Dryand.

 

Boraginaceae 32 18 Observations

Echium onosmifolium Webb & Berthel.

 

Boraginaceae 27 14 Observations

Echium parviflorum Moench

Italian Vipersbugloss

Boraginaceae 141 78 Observations

Echium pinninana Webb & Berthel.

 

Boraginaceae 12 2 Observations

Echium plantagineum L.

Viper's-bugloss

Boraginaceae 5,636 4,463 Observations

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