⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2784060, with some changes.

Echium creticum Sims is a misapplied name

In the past this name has been erroneously used to refer to Echium simsii G.Don ex A.DC..

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a misapplied name with original publication details: Bot. Mag. 1: t. 19 1787.