Heliotropium angiospermum

Heliotropium angiospermum

Heliotropium angiospermum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species: Heliotropium angiospermum

Name

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray

Synonyms

• Heliophytum parviflorum (Murray) DC.
• Heliophytum parviflorum var. subellipticum DC.
• Heliophytum portoricensis Bello
• Heliotropium foetidum Salzm. ex DC.
• Heliotropium lancifolium Sessé & Moc.
• Heliotropium latifolium Willd. ex Lehm.
• Heliotropium oblongifolium M.Martens & Galeotti
• Heliotropium parviflorum L.
• Heliotropium patebilcense Kunth
• Heliotropium scorpioides Kunth
• Heliotropium synzystachyum Ruiz & Pav.
• Schobera angiosperma (Murray) Scop.
• Schobera hirsuta Raf.
• Tournefortia synzystachya Roem. & Schult.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Is., Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Chile North, Galápagos, Peru Regional:Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Southern South America Paraguay, Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Florida Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Introduced into: Cuba References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Murray, J.A. 1770. Prodromus Designationis Stirpium Gottingensium. 252 pp. Io. Chr. Dieterich, Gottingae. BHL Reference page. : 217.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Heliotropium angiospermum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Heliotropium angiospermum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Heliotropium angiospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heliotropium angiospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: scorpion's-tail

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