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Anchusa arvensis

Flowering Plants

Anchusa arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Its common names include bugloss, small bugloss, annual bugloss and field bugloss. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus and later given its current name by Friedrich von Bieberstein in his work Flora Taurico-Caucasica. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Anchusa arvensis 5
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Boraginaceae, Taxa
Source Anchusa arvensis (Wikipedia)
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Belgium

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Canada

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Finland

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Ireland

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Japan

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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Sources
1. Anchusa arvensis (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and habitat
    The plant is native to continental Europe, and was introduced in North America, the UK, South America, Tasmania and Russia.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Anchusa arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae.
  • Infobox: status
    NT
  • Child Taxon Of: Boraginaceae, Introduction
    Anchusa arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Anchusa arvensis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Anchusa arvensis
Wikipedia
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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