Pontechium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger 25615 01.jpg

|genus = Pontechium

|parent_authority = Böhle & Hilger (2000)

|species = maculatum

|authority = (L.) Böhle & Hilger (2000)

|synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets=true

|title={{small|Synonymy}}

|Echium acutifolium {{small|Lehm. (1817)}}

|Echium clavatum {{small|Willd. ex Lehm. (1818)}}

|Echium italicum {{small|S.G.Gmel. (1773), nom. illeg.}}

|Echium kochii {{small|Litard. (1942)}}

|Echium linearifolium {{small|K.Koch (1849), nom. illeg.}}

|Echium maculatum {{small|L. (1759)}}

|Echium papillosum {{small|K.Koch (1843), nom. illeg.}}

|Echium popovii {{small|Dobrocz. (1977)}}

|Echium rubrum {{small|Jacq. (1778), nom. illeg.}}

|Echium russicum {{small|S.G.Gmel. (1774)}}

|Echium russicum var. acutifolium {{small|(Lehm.) G.Klotz (1960)}}

|Echium thyrsoideum {{small|Vent. (1805)}}

|Pontechium maculatum var. acutifolium {{small|(Lehm.) Böhle & Hilger (2000)}}

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|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017661-1 Pontechium maculatum (L.) Böhle & Hilger]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

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Pontechium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pontechium. It is a biennial native to parts of Europe and western Asia, ranging from Poland and Austria through the Balkans and Ukraine to eastern European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.

The species was first described as Echium maculatum by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. In 2000 Böhle & Hilger placed it in its own genus as Pontechium maculatum.{{cite journal| title=Pontechium: a new genus distinct from Echium and Lobostemon (Boraginaceae)| last1=Hilger| first1=Hartmut H.| last2=Böhle| first2=Uta-Regina| journal=Taxon| date=2000| volume=49| issue=4| pages=737–746| doi=10.2307/1223974| jstor=1223974| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271802167}}