Rindera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1]
| Rindera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Rindera Pall. |
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Its native range is north-western Africa (Algeria), south-eastern and eastern Europe (Greece, East European Russia, Romania, Ukraine and Yugoslavia) to western and central Asia (Afghanistan, Altay, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Krasnoyarsk, Crimia, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, South European Russia, Tajikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) and Xinjiang (China).[1]
The genus name of Rindera is in honour of Franz Andreas Rinder (1714–1772), a German-born Russian doctor in Orenburg and Moscow who discovered this plant in the Ural Mountains.[2] It was first described and published in Reise Russ. Reich. Vol1 on page 486 in 1771.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Rindera alaica Lazkov
- Rindera albida (Wettst. ex Stapf) Kusn.
- Rindera austroechinata Popov
- Rindera bungei (Boiss.) Gürke
- Rindera caespitosa (DC.) Gürke
- Rindera cetineri Yildirim
- Rindera coechinata Popov
- Rindera cristulata Lipsky
- Rindera dumanii Aytaç & R.R.Mill
- Rindera echinata Regel
- Rindera ferganica Popov
- Rindera fornicata Pazij
- Rindera glabrata Pazij
- Rindera graeca (A.DC.) Boiss. & Heldr.
- Rindera gymnandra (Coss.) Gürke
- Rindera holochiton Popov
- Rindera korshinskyi (Lipsky) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.
- Rindera kuhitangica Raenko
- Rindera kuramensis Turak.
- Rindera lanata (Lam.) Bunge
- Rindera media (Turrill) Parsa
- Rindera neubaueri (Rech.f.) Rech.f. & Riedl
- Rindera oblongifolia Popov
- Rindera ochroleuca Kar. & Kir.
- Rindera oschensis Popov
- Rindera regia (S.G.Gmel.) Kusn.
- Rindera schlumbergeri (Boiss.) Gürke
- Rindera tetraspis Pall.
- Rindera tianschanica Popov
- Rindera tschotkalensis Popov
- Rindera umbellata (Waldst. & Kit.) Gürke