Lithodora
Credits
This is a placeholder entry.
Recommended citation
'Lithodora' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Boraginaceae
Editorial Note
Species in this genus were discussed by Bean under Lithospermum, disregarding Grisebach’s concept of Lithodora, which was based explicitly on the shrubby habit and southern European distribution of a group of species otherwise included in Lithospermum s.l. (Grisebach 1844). By the early 2000s Lithodora consisted of nine species, most of which were moved to the segregate genus Glandora by Thomas, Wiegend & Hilger (2008). – see that genus entry for a discussion of the taxonomy. Three species currently remain in Lithodora.
We have published this stub genus article in the course of a wider reorganisation of Boraginaceae articles, part a programme of work beginning in early 2025 to bring the nomenclature of articles in line with modern treatments. Historic Bean text will appear under its correct modern name, with appropriate synonymy, until we have funding to update the articles entirely. If you would like to sponsor the account of this genus please contact editor@treesandshrubsonline.org
Three species native to the eastern Mediterranean. Distinguished from Glandora by the absence of glandular hairs in the corolla throat and the lack of peg-like appendages on the nutlets (Thomas, Wiegend & Hilger 2008).